diff --git a/board/atmel/at91sam9260ek/Kconfig b/board/atmel/at91sam9260ek/Kconfig
index 3844f086b4..40db313ba8 100644
--- a/board/atmel/at91sam9260ek/Kconfig
+++ b/board/atmel/at91sam9260ek/Kconfig
@@ -9,4 +9,19 @@ config SYS_VENDOR
 config SYS_CONFIG_NAME
 	default "at91sam9260ek"
 
+choice
+	prompt "Evaluation board"
+
+config AT91SAM9G20EK
+	bool "Atmel AT91SAM9G20 EK"
+
+config AT91SAM9260EK
+	bool "Atmel AT91SAM9260 EK"
+
+endchoice
+
+config AT91SAM9G20EK_2MMC
+	bool "Atmel AT91SAM9G20 EK 2MMC variant"
+	depends on AT91SAM9260EK
+
 endif
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9260ek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9260ek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
index 5680848801..15866a8ebb 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9260ek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9260ek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x2d000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x4200
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x4200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9260ek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9260ek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
index a393120b9b..ade828e486 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9260ek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9260ek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x2d000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x4200
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x4200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9260ek_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9260ek_nandflash_defconfig
index a5b9b5e7f6..caa9699425 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9260ek_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9260ek_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x80000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="at91sam9260ek"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_2mmc_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_2mmc_defconfig
index 6ee645a773..665dfc8c78 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_2mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_2mmc_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x23000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9G20EK_2MMC=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x1000
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x2000
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=132000000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
 CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x22000000
-CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="AT91SAM9G20EK_2MMC,SYS_USE_MMC"
+CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SYS_USE_MMC"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk mtdparts=atmel_nand:256k(bootstrap)ro,512k(uboot)ro,256k(env),256k(env_redundant),256k(spare),512k(dtb),6M(kernel)ro,-(rootfs) root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootfstype=ext4 rootwait"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_2mmc_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_2mmc_nandflash_defconfig
index b2ee395433..37a420edb7 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_2mmc_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_2mmc_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x80000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9G20EK_2MMC=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="at91sam9g20ek_2mmc"
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=132000000
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND=0x100000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
 CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x22000000
-CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="AT91SAM9G20EK_2MMC,SYS_USE_NANDFLASH"
+CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SYS_USE_NANDFLASH"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk mtdparts=atmel_nand:256k(bootstrap)ro,512k(uboot)ro,256k(env),256k(env_redundant),256k(spare),512k(dtb),6M(kernel)ro,-(rootfs) root=/dev/mtdblock7 rw rootfstype=jffs2"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
index 1bfeb5a789..48de0be95d 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x2d000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x4200
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x4200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
index cc6da7acca..dfc756a0e7 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x2d000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x4200
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x4200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_nandflash_defconfig
index 4a2550b492..ddd64d31ff 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9g20ek_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9g20ek_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x80000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="at91sam9g20ek"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9xeek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9xeek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
index 5680848801..15866a8ebb 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9xeek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9xeek_dataflash_cs0_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x2d000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x4200
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x4200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9xeek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9xeek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
index a393120b9b..ade828e486 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9xeek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9xeek_dataflash_cs1_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x2d000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x4200
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x4200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9xeek_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9xeek_nandflash_defconfig
index a5b9b5e7f6..caa9699425 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9xeek_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9xeek_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x21f00000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x80000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9260EK=y
+CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="at91sam9260ek"
diff --git a/include/configs/at91sam9260ek.h b/include/configs/at91sam9260ek.h
index 820c6a921b..f5eeed8c17 100644
--- a/include/configs/at91sam9260ek.h
+++ b/include/configs/at91sam9260ek.h
@@ -27,15 +27,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_AT91_SLOW_CLOCK	32768		/* slow clock xtal */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_AT91_MAIN_CLOCK	18432000	/* main clock xtal */
 
-/* Define actual evaluation board type from used processor type */
-#ifdef CONFIG_AT91SAM9G20
-# define CONFIG_AT91SAM9G20EK	/* It's an Atmel AT91SAM9G20 EK */
-#else
-# define CONFIG_AT91SAM9260EK	/* It's an Atmel AT91SAM9260 EK */
-#endif
-
-/* Misc CPU related */
-
 /* general purpose I/O */
 #define CONFIG_ATMEL_LEGACY		/* required until (g)pio is fixed */