diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32f7/nucleo-144/src/Makefile b/boards/arm/stm32f7/nucleo-144/src/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c946d49ac..0000000000
--- a/boards/arm/stm32f7/nucleo-144/src/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-############################################################################
-# boards/arm/stm32f7/nucleo-144/src/Makefile
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
-# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
-# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-############################################################################
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/Make.defs
-
-CSRCS = stm32_boot.c stm32_bringup.c
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_autoleds.c
-else
-CSRCS += stm32_userleds.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_BUTTONS),y)
-CSRCS +=  stm32_buttons.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_BOARDCTL),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_appinitialize.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEV_GPIO),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_gpio.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPI),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_spi.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ADC),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_adc.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_PWM),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_pwm.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MMCSD),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_sdio.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_STM32F7_OTGFS),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_usb.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_STM32F7_BBSRAM),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_bbsram.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_BOARDCTL_RESET),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_reset.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_STM32_ROMFS),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_romfs_initialize.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_SENSORS_QENCODER),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_qencoder.c
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_STM32F7_CAN),y)
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_STM32F7_CAN_CHARDRIVER),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_can.c
-endif
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_STM32F7_CAN_SOCKET),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_cansock.c
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_USBDEV_COMPOSITE),y)
-CSRCS += stm32_composite.c
-endif
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/boards/Board.mk
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32f7/steval-eth001v1/src/Makefile b/boards/arm/stm32f7/steval-eth001v1/src/Make.defs
similarity index 84%
rename from boards/arm/stm32f7/steval-eth001v1/src/Makefile
rename to boards/arm/stm32f7/steval-eth001v1/src/Make.defs
index 1b932a1475..12821be53d 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32f7/steval-eth001v1/src/Makefile
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32f7/steval-eth001v1/src/Make.defs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ############################################################################
-# boards/arm/stm32f7/steval-eth001v1/src/Makefile
+# boards/arm/stm32f7/steval-eth001v1/src/Make.defs
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_STM32F7_FOC),y)
 CSRCS += stm32_foc.c
 endif
 
-include $(TOPDIR)/boards/Board.mk
+DEPPATH += --dep-path board
+VPATH += :board
+CFLAGS += ${INCDIR_PREFIX}$(TOPDIR)$(DELIM)arch$(DELIM)$(CONFIG_ARCH)$(DELIM)src$(DELIM)board$(DELIM)board