diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
index 8a385a25fdf41b2132d3638da1809370f82a3a19..22f3e3c11656ae0a495ab64f500e8510fa538f0f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
@@ -133,13 +133,16 @@ static int gpio_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+static int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
 	debug("Returning to FEL sp=%x, lr=%x\n", fel_stash.sp, fel_stash.lr);
 	return_to_fel(fel_stash.sp, fel_stash.lr);
 
 	return 0;
 }
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
+#endif
 
 void s_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-uniphier/boot-mode/spl_board.c b/arch/arm/mach-uniphier/boot-mode/spl_board.c
index 4eadc2f26a75a50b07d88fb3176f0a62ad260b8a..e2b202ea1dacc3c2d324662dfb6492b93d2070db 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-uniphier/boot-mode/spl_board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-uniphier/boot-mode/spl_board.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int uniphier_rom_get_mmc_funcptr(int (**send_cmd)(u32, u32),
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
+static int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
 	int (*send_cmd)(u32 cmd, u32 arg);
 	int (*card_blockaddr)(u32 rca);
@@ -126,3 +126,4 @@ int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/spl.c b/arch/sandbox/cpu/spl.c
index 4cee293f76a96adad96767f3e72018c09070d724..2c45354ca0e175e6ba7091b001a382103ccd4edb 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/cpu/spl.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/spl.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void spl_board_announce_boot_device(void)
 	printf("%s\n", fname);
 }
 
-int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
+static int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
 	char fname[256];
 	int ret;
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 	/* Hopefully this will not return */
 	return os_spl_to_uboot(fname);
 }
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
 
 void spl_board_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index 713c27fa2c7a48ebbbb2b3602d171194fdec4374..84c80345b695c41212916e3002f2e811ec380cf5 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -383,19 +383,10 @@ static int spl_load_image(u32 boot_device)
 	if (loader)
 		return loader->load_image(&bootdev);
 
-	switch (boot_device) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_LOAD_IMAGE
-	case BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD:
-		return spl_board_load_image(&bootdev);
-#endif
-	default:
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT)
-		puts("SPL: Unsupported Boot Device!\n");
+	puts("SPL: Unsupported Boot Device!\n");
 #endif
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
 void board_init_r(gd_t *dummy1, ulong dummy2)
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index d6b2c9079f6d9ada4e509b7c35e048e9733ab3a1..895240d28e028fc0ddc645a0d077e2110e563513 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -228,12 +228,4 @@ bool spl_was_boot_source(void);
  */
 int spl_dfu_cmd(int usbctrl, char *dfu_alt_info, char *interface, char *devstr);
 
-/**
- * Board-specific load method for boards that have a special way of loading
- * U-Boot, which does not fit with the existing SPL code.
- *
- * @return 0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
- */
-int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev);
-
 #endif