diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/tegra-common/board.h b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/tegra-common/board.h
index 61b91c005fd5b2c90c292a4adfcd60330f8b6039..260767d5439dccf074588393d9dae03545e5e6e5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/tegra-common/board.h
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/tegra-common/board.h
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
  */
 
 void board_init_uart_f(void);
-void gpio_config_uart(void);
+void gpio_early_init_uart(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/tegra-common/spl.c b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/tegra-common/spl.c
index 3139c65128d776b941ae283e85e9c4c8db80e82b..dfe36b9a4bf3bd1ca60bb154289c5626507566f3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/tegra-common/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/tegra-common/spl.c
@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 	board_init_uart_f();
 
 	/* Initialize periph GPIOs */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPI_UART_SWITCH
 	gpio_early_init_uart();
-#else
-	gpio_config_uart();
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * We call relocate_code() with relocation target same as the
diff --git a/board/avionic-design/common/tamonten.c b/board/avionic-design/common/tamonten.c
index 7c05d492f4c05d5da9eb822e26b5a22b8d12e281..e6a932ec3c749f81c5aad68ef2bbdde6a25e196b 100644
--- a/board/avionic-design/common/tamonten.c
+++ b/board/avionic-design/common/tamonten.c
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@
 #include <mmc.h>
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Routine: gpio_config_uart
- * Description: Does nothing on Tamonten - no conflict w/SPI.
- */
-void gpio_config_uart(void)
-{
-}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
 void gpio_early_init(void)
diff --git a/board/compal/paz00/paz00.c b/board/compal/paz00/paz00.c
index c73ac5f0f454a38247b87a9a7d6d06c9d3d54417..0725989de06938a4f259bb0630f450befd1dda25 100644
--- a/board/compal/paz00/paz00.c
+++ b/board/compal/paz00/paz00.c
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
 #include <mmc.h>
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Routine: gpio_config_uart
- * Description: Does nothing on Paz00 - no conflict w/SPI.
- */
-void gpio_config_uart(void)
-{
-}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TEGRA_MMC
 /*
diff --git a/board/compulab/trimslice/trimslice.c b/board/compulab/trimslice/trimslice.c
index 7b22a87c46d576dc02a2066b3717f70e558b4aa9..9ef66fd86535d45b113aed417b6557c3bcc43626 100644
--- a/board/compulab/trimslice/trimslice.c
+++ b/board/compulab/trimslice/trimslice.c
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@
 #include <mmc.h>
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Routine: gpio_config_uart
- * Description: Does nothing on TrimSlice - no UART-related GPIOs.
- */
-void gpio_config_uart(void)
-{
-}
 
 void pin_mux_spi(void)
 {
diff --git a/board/nvidia/common/board.c b/board/nvidia/common/board.c
index 8821fdfeba31e3e371603ea24b5130857f316e3b..bd194bc966f9a4d793978cb5b9372015c2d0e7a5 100644
--- a/board/nvidia/common/board.c
+++ b/board/nvidia/common/board.c
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ void __pin_mux_spi(void)
 
 void pin_mux_spi(void) __attribute__((weak, alias("__pin_mux_spi")));
 
+void __gpio_early_init_uart(void)
+{
+}
+
+void gpio_early_init_uart(void)
+__attribute__((weak, alias("__gpio_early_init_uart")));
+
 /*
  * Routine: power_det_init
  * Description: turn off power detects
@@ -155,11 +162,8 @@ int board_early_init_f(void)
 
 	/* Initialize periph GPIOs */
 	gpio_early_init();
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPI_UART_SWITCH
 	gpio_early_init_uart();
-#else
-	gpio_config_uart();
-#endif
+
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif	/* EARLY_INIT */
diff --git a/board/nvidia/harmony/harmony.c b/board/nvidia/harmony/harmony.c
index c23a87ddade33de09b6d7b882d203521c0ab12d0..32ed9bb7d1af682ea5a2a4ccbf84663418f47bc0 100644
--- a/board/nvidia/harmony/harmony.c
+++ b/board/nvidia/harmony/harmony.c
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@
 #include <mmc.h>
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Routine: gpio_config_uart
- * Description: Does nothing on Harmony - no conflict w/SPI.
- */
-void gpio_config_uart(void)
-{
-}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TEGRA_MMC
 /*
diff --git a/board/nvidia/seaboard/seaboard.c b/board/nvidia/seaboard/seaboard.c
index ab90a5d574f813eeeaf6f891334fa31150abf32d..4e8a183b8be55c0c8d530e8c1286a12e772f77f4 100644
--- a/board/nvidia/seaboard/seaboard.c
+++ b/board/nvidia/seaboard/seaboard.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void gpio_config_uart_seaboard(void)
 	gpio_direction_output(GPIO_PI3, 0);
 }
 
-void gpio_config_uart(void)
+void gpio_early_init_uart(void)
 {
 	if (machine_is_ventana())
 		return;
diff --git a/board/nvidia/whistler/whistler.c b/board/nvidia/whistler/whistler.c
index af918c4f3678353c6db9b456084fd72e9bc65815..592cd6b496d98fe57fb2e936da58e760da3153ee 100644
--- a/board/nvidia/whistler/whistler.c
+++ b/board/nvidia/whistler/whistler.c
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@
 #include <mmc.h>
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Routine: gpio_config_uart
- * Description: Does nothing on Whistler - no UART-related GPIOs.
- */
-void gpio_config_uart(void)
-{
-}
 
 /*
  * Routine: pin_mux_mmc