diff --git a/board/freescale/mx53evk/mx53evk.c b/board/freescale/mx53evk/mx53evk.c
index eab9c5f..335661f 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx53evk/mx53evk.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mx53evk/mx53evk.c
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-u32 get_board_rev(void)
-{
-	return get_cpu_rev();
-}
-
 int dram_init(void)
 {
 	/* dram_init must store complete ramsize in gd->ram_size */
diff --git a/include/configs/mx53evk.h b/include/configs/mx53evk.h
index 1de2bf2..7c49136 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53evk.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53evk.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <asm/arch/imx-regs.h>
 
 #define CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG			/* enable passing of ATAGs */
-#define CONFIG_REVISION_TAG
 #define CONFIG_SETUP_MEMORY_TAGS
 #define CONFIG_INITRD_TAG