diff --git a/configs/riotboard_defconfig b/configs/riotboard_defconfig
index e9d0933..135387a 100644
--- a/configs/riotboard_defconfig
+++ b/configs/riotboard_defconfig
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x2000
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x60000
+CONFIG_MX6S=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_EMBESTMX6BOARDS=y
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
-CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6s1g.cfg,MX6S,DDR_MB=1024"
+CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6s1g.cfg,DDR_MB=1024"
 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="run finduuid; run distro_bootcmd"
 # CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV=y