diff --git a/board/ge/mx53ppd/mx53ppd.c b/board/ge/mx53ppd/mx53ppd.c
index 044fd803822d0d84364c3952f57ba0b3b8f2da09..bdf06914c91c3579ae64fa7d2146c8abf6e40c12 100644
--- a/board/ge/mx53ppd/mx53ppd.c
+++ b/board/ge/mx53ppd/mx53ppd.c
@@ -98,31 +98,6 @@ int board_ehci_hcd_init(int port)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void setup_iomux_fec(void)
-{
-	static const iomux_v3_cfg_t fec_pads[] = {
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_MDIO__FEC_MDIO, PAD_CTL_HYS |
-			     PAD_CTL_DSE_HIGH | PAD_CTL_PUS_22K_UP |
-			     PAD_CTL_ODE),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_MDC__FEC_MDC, PAD_CTL_DSE_HIGH),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_RXD1__FEC_RDATA_1,
-			     PAD_CTL_HYS | PAD_CTL_PKE),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_RXD0__FEC_RDATA_0,
-			     PAD_CTL_HYS | PAD_CTL_PKE),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_TXD1__FEC_TDATA_1, PAD_CTL_DSE_HIGH),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_TXD0__FEC_TDATA_0, PAD_CTL_DSE_HIGH),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_TX_EN__FEC_TX_EN, PAD_CTL_DSE_HIGH),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_REF_CLK__FEC_TX_CLK,
-			     PAD_CTL_HYS | PAD_CTL_PKE),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_RX_ER__FEC_RX_ER,
-			     PAD_CTL_HYS | PAD_CTL_PKE),
-		NEW_PAD_CTRL(MX53_PAD_FEC_CRS_DV__FEC_RX_DV,
-			     PAD_CTL_HYS | PAD_CTL_PKE),
-	};
-
-	imx_iomux_v3_setup_multiple_pads(fec_pads, ARRAY_SIZE(fec_pads));
-}
-
 static int clock_1GHz(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -160,7 +135,6 @@ void ppd_gpio_init(void)
 
 int board_early_init_f(void)
 {
-	setup_iomux_fec();
 	ppd_gpio_init();
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig b/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
index cf89bf7ded86ab5aac8e3428511cc72d6afd59c5..f5712cc63d35f4cbc809d91078662d6338d22683 100644
--- a/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ CONFIG_I2C_EEPROM=y
 CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
 CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_IMX=y
 CONFIG_MTD=y
+CONFIG_PHYLIB=y
+CONFIG_DM_ETH=y
+CONFIG_FEC_MXC=y
 CONFIG_MII=y
 CONFIG_PINCTRL=y
 CONFIG_PINCTRL_IMX5=y
diff --git a/include/configs/mx53ppd.h b/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
index 8fa7d1521017e35595ef4b36a5871753eefdcedb..97d566df49a360094c3c28029b195e88f986fe63 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_MXC_UART
 #define CONFIG_MXC_UART_BASE	UART1_BASE
 
-/* Eth Configs */
-
-#define CONFIG_FEC_MXC
-#define IMX_FEC_BASE	FEC_BASE_ADDR
-#define CONFIG_FEC_MXC_PHYADDR	0x1F
-
 /* USB Configs */
 #define CONFIG_USB_HOST_ETHER
 #define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX
@@ -49,8 +43,6 @@
 
 /* Command definition */
 
-#define CONFIG_ETHPRIME		"FEC0"
-
 #define CONFIG_LOADADDR		0x72000000	/* loadaddr env var */
 
 #define PPD_CONFIG_NFS \