diff --git a/board/syteco/zmx25/zmx25.c b/board/syteco/zmx25/zmx25.c
index a49d8314eb3af5acd3cfc9988931e36855d00333..a89ee1a086bae29bd82afb96d424acea3d0deb59 100644
--- a/board/syteco/zmx25/zmx25.c
+++ b/board/syteco/zmx25/zmx25.c
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ int board_init()
 	writel(input_select1, &inputselect->i2c3_ipp_sda_in);	/* I2C3 SDA */
 	writel(input_select2, &inputselect->i2c3_ipp_scl_in);	/* I2C3 SCL */
 
-	/* board id for linux */
-	gd->bd->bi_arch_number = MACH_TYPE_ZMX25;
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = PHYS_SDRAM + 0x100;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/configs/zmx25.h b/include/configs/zmx25.h
index 374c88a0f4d51654537412747ccec1b08bc762ca..ab7f30f1e86670ce9ad0c83e778f5ad2a7d00e6e 100644
--- a/include/configs/zmx25.h
+++ b/include/configs/zmx25.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_HZ			1000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0xA0000000
 
+#define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE	MACH_TYPE_ZMX25
 /*
  * Environment settings
  */