diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/iop32x_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/iop32x_defconfig
index 3bc51fb4ebc9..c16e92cdfd00 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/iop32x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/iop32x_defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_MACH_GLANTANK=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_IQ80321=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_IQ31244=y
 CONFIG_MACH_N2100=y
+CONFIG_UNUSED_BOARD_FILES=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/nfs ip=bootp cachepolicy=writealloc"
 CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/Kconfig
index 142c6374543c..761fbb04faa1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_IOP32X
 	bool "IOP32x-based platforms"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-	depends on ATAGS
+	depends on ATAGS && UNUSED_BOARD_FILES
 	select CPU_XSCALE
 	select GPIO_IOP
 	select GPIOLIB