diff --git a/configs/apalis_imx6_defconfig b/configs/apalis_imx6_defconfig
index 8730db2f2c..bd71e4c32a 100644
--- a/configs/apalis_imx6_defconfig
+++ b/configs/apalis_imx6_defconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CONFIG_AHCI=y
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
+CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="run distro_bootcmd; usb start; setenv stdout serial,vidconsole; setenv stdin serial,usbkbd"
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
diff --git a/configs/colibri_imx6_defconfig b/configs/colibri_imx6_defconfig
index 7fe2000fff..43c3b04e31 100644
--- a/configs/colibri_imx6_defconfig
+++ b/configs/colibri_imx6_defconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ CONFIG_CMD_HDMIDETECT=y
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
+CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="run distro_bootcmd; usb start; setenv stdout serial,vidconsole; setenv stdin serial,usbkbd"
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
diff --git a/include/configs/apalis_imx6.h b/include/configs/apalis_imx6.h
index c165f618be..bbdcab29d8 100644
--- a/include/configs/apalis_imx6.h
+++ b/include/configs/apalis_imx6.h
@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@
 #endif
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	BOOTENV \
-	"bootcmd=run distro_bootcmd ; " \
-		"usb start ; " \
-		"setenv stdout serial,vidconsole; " \
-		"setenv stdin serial,usbkbd\0" \
 	"boot_file=zImage\0" \
 	"console=ttymxc0\0" \
 	"defargs=enable_wait_mode=off vmalloc=400M\0" \
diff --git a/include/configs/colibri_imx6.h b/include/configs/colibri_imx6.h
index c8e733bc36..1dbc77dde1 100644
--- a/include/configs/colibri_imx6.h
+++ b/include/configs/colibri_imx6.h
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@
 #define FDT_FILE "imx6dl-colibri-eval-v3.dtb"
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	BOOTENV \
-	"bootcmd=run distro_bootcmd; " \
-		"usb start ; " \
-		"setenv stdout serial,vidconsole; " \
-		"setenv stdin serial,usbkbd\0" \
 	"boot_file=zImage\0" \
 	"console=ttymxc0\0" \
 	"defargs=enable_wait_mode=off galcore.contiguousSize=50331648\0" \