diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap5/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap5/Kconfig
index 4041adc9742eca1d367eaeb0987b504ebb44870a..c89c43830587b31963e28fd48d570123a951e763 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap5/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap5/Kconfig
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 if OMAP54XX
 
+config DRA7XX
+	bool
+	help
+	  DRA7xx is an OMAP based SOC with Dual Core A-15s.
+
 choice
 	prompt "OMAP5 board select"
 	optional
 
 config TARGET_CL_SOM_AM57X
 	bool "CompuLab CL-SOM-AM57x"
+	select DRA7XX
 
 config TARGET_CM_T54
 	bool "CompuLab CM-T54"
@@ -16,12 +22,14 @@ config TARGET_OMAP5_UEVM
 config TARGET_DRA7XX_EVM
 	bool "TI DRA7XX"
 	select BOARD_LATE_INIT
+	select DRA7XX
 	select TI_I2C_BOARD_DETECT
 	select PHYS_64BIT
 
 config TARGET_AM57XX_EVM
 	bool "AM57XX"
 	select BOARD_LATE_INIT
+	select DRA7XX
 	select TI_I2C_BOARD_DETECT
 
 endchoice
diff --git a/include/configs/am57xx_evm.h b/include/configs/am57xx_evm.h
index dc7a370208670718631c4ad887a93f8fa80b5908..6962039c3ac62bc2128107859d06260a2fcc7a67 100644
--- a/include/configs/am57xx_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am57xx_evm.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 #include <environment/ti/dfu.h>
 
-#define CONFIG_DRA7XX
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #define CONFIG_IODELAY_RECALIBRATION
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/cl-som-am57x.h b/include/configs/cl-som-am57x.h
index a4950f39e3a803e2e4f513c8c3153e2294d3c961..d9965d667c9b8d751a536731a604caaef4196f52 100644
--- a/include/configs/cl-som-am57x.h
+++ b/include/configs/cl-som-am57x.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #ifndef __CONFIG_CL_SOM_AM57X_H
 #define __CONFIG_CL_SOM_AM57X_H
 
-#define CONFIG_DRA7XX
-
 #define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS		2
 
 #define CONSOLEDEV			"ttyO2"
diff --git a/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h b/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h
index 7d6f7ff2788cc6b4f4654478820bb9665f766a6b..a9ca0231f584518832c43b6796313ee8790c68b0 100644
--- a/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 #include <environment/ti/dfu.h>
 
-#define CONFIG_DRA7XX
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #define CONFIG_IODELAY_RECALIBRATION
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index ed349b9e6b2f69a0d8df4f62cfc90977970f19de..1704f9c09a460ab94f3b98d9f9e4ad5322adccd0 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ CONFIG_DNET_AUTONEG_TIMEOUT
 CONFIG_DP_DDR_CTRL
 CONFIG_DP_DDR_DIMM_SLOTS_PER_CTLR
 CONFIG_DP_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
-CONFIG_DRA7XX
 CONFIG_DRAM_2G
 CONFIG_DRAM_TIMINGS_
 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC