diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
index 6a09c028e45357f68cbac3aa3502c3a5af9a737a..bb4d00bf3fd5b67d803ea89f150fdeb8213485a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ reset:
 	 * we do sys-critical inits only at reboot,
 	 * not when booting from ram!
 	 */
+#ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 	bl	cpu_init_crit
+#endif
 
 /* Set stackpointer in internal RAM to call board_init_f */
 call_board_init_f:
@@ -353,6 +355,7 @@ _dynsym_start_ofs:
  *
  *************************************************************************
  */
+#ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 cpu_init_crit:
 	/*
 	 * flush v4 I/D caches
@@ -371,15 +374,14 @@ cpu_init_crit:
 	orr	r0, r0, #0x00001000	/* set bit 12 (I) I-Cache */
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 	/*
 	 * Go setup Memory and board specific bits prior to relocation.
 	 */
 	mov	ip, lr		/* perserve link reg across call */
 	bl	lowlevel_init	/* go setup pll,mux,memory */
 	mov	lr, ip		/* restore link */
-#endif /* CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT */
 	mov	pc, lr		/* back to my caller */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT */
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 /*
diff --git a/include/configs/cam_enc_4xx.h b/include/configs/cam_enc_4xx.h
index 79a8611f821b755c79f1b84f6f49a72a40d204b0..0fee53f750c58c84279830431fde3c412660e7ad 100644
--- a/include/configs/cam_enc_4xx.h
+++ b/include/configs/cam_enc_4xx.h
@@ -275,12 +275,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE	0xa0000
 
-/*
- * U-Boot is a 3rd stage loader and if booting with spl, cpu setup is
- * done in board_init_f from c code.
- */
-#define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
-
 /* for UBL header */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_UBL_BLOCK		(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE)
 
diff --git a/include/configs/da850evm.h b/include/configs/da850evm.h
index f32bd34add328cc429dbea76321e1e359350b69d..51a5a09a7272ffc67da7a4151e08dccc4d80d27b 100644
--- a/include/configs/da850evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/da850evm.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TIMERBASE		DAVINCI_TIMER0_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_HZ_CLOCK		clk_get(DAVINCI_AUXCLK_CLKID)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_HZ			1000
-#define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0xc1080000
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/configs/enbw_cmc.h b/include/configs/enbw_cmc.h
index 9fd6a4f183a190edd81ffbe403c7774f8c5aab73..98421795b4e31b6175ab1b5140d937034fb43dec 100644
--- a/include/configs/enbw_cmc.h
+++ b/include/configs/enbw_cmc.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TIMERBASE		DAVINCI_TIMER0_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_HZ_CLOCK		clk_get(DAVINCI_AUXCLK_CLKID)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_HZ			1000
-#define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 #define CONFIG_DA850_LOWLEVEL
 #define CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_INIT
 #define CONFIG_DA8XX_GPIO