diff --git a/board/altera/nios2-generic/config.mk b/board/altera/nios2-generic/config.mk
index f9f317c4401bcad3986421051233c7355f016be4..a67352519579e9203cdf5c6ea3cd3faa5435741c 100644
--- a/board/altera/nios2-generic/config.mk
+++ b/board/altera/nios2-generic/config.mk
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
-# we get text_base from board config header, so do not use this
-#CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE = do-not-use-me
-
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mno-hw-div -mno-hw-mul
-PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(TOPDIR)/board/$(VENDOR)/include
 
 ifeq ($(debug),1)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DDEBUG
diff --git a/board/psyent/pci5441/config.mk b/board/psyent/pci5441/config.mk
index 00ff743c960d2c0f9fd5d0c59992521bb19a9d77..776fa8ab4029fdedcaea11ad24cc07f86ac48bbe 100644
--- a/board/psyent/pci5441/config.mk
+++ b/board/psyent/pci5441/config.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE = 0x018e0000
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mno-hw-div -mno-hw-mul
-PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(TOPDIR)/board/$(VENDOR)/include
 
 ifeq ($(debug),1)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DDEBUG
diff --git a/board/psyent/pk1c20/config.mk b/board/psyent/pk1c20/config.mk
index 7b0810a30251e2af2ace37aa53f47bb230e61812..83cfadc1130a6c56d602ecbfa1d471c59c932fb4 100644
--- a/board/psyent/pk1c20/config.mk
+++ b/board/psyent/pk1c20/config.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE = 0x01fc0000
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mno-hw-div -mno-hw-mul
-PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(TOPDIR)/board/$(VENDOR)/include
 
 ifeq ($(debug),1)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DDEBUG