diff --git a/board/advantech/som-db5800-som-6867/Makefile b/board/advantech/som-db5800-som-6867/Makefile
index 0524766bb71..7975547f410 100644
--- a/board/advantech/som-db5800-som-6867/Makefile
+++ b/board/advantech/som-db5800-som-6867/Makefile
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2015, Google, Inc
 
-obj-y	+= som-db5800-som-6867.o start.o
+obj-y	+= som-db5800-som-6867.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE) += dsdt.o
diff --git a/board/advantech/som-db5800-som-6867/start.S b/board/advantech/som-db5800-som-6867/start.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 65d1f7e9615..00000000000
--- a/board/advantech/som-db5800-som-6867/start.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015, Google, Inc
- */
-
-.globl early_board_init
-early_board_init:
-	jmp	early_board_init_ret