diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
index c4bea25ccbe3fc109ffe8ed997344ae07128b92c..f4a580a24218d1daa7aabd1dcdcffc9b9b2e25a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@ void reset_cpu(ulong addr)
 #endif
 }
 
-/* do some early init */
-void s_init(void)
-{
-}
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF
 void enable_caches(void)
 {
diff --git a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
index e839053e2ba995ca3388f251fdb6e0f8bf886a9f..647cac5a93feaf0e454310247bdc57dafed4186c 100644
--- a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE	1024	/* Print Buffer Size */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS	16	/* max number of command args */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+#define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 
 /* Boot Argument Buffer Size */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE		CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE