diff --git a/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig b/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
index 0f5ce14e40013cd8e29613567252f1c9e8f8c4c9..8a0cc5d481ad72049732574ad324ed33b69c6f98 100644
--- a/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx53ppd_defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_CMD_EXT4=y
 CONFIG_CMD_EXT4_WRITE=y
 CONFIG_CMD_FAT=y
 CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC=y
 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_EXT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_DEVPART="0:5"
diff --git a/include/configs/mx53ppd.h b/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
index d8a724c71aa9e914315814de99947439bb3ad244..e08e83151fbf545fe07f90b3df14be455e22a42c 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53ppd.h
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@
 /* FLASH and environment organization */
 #define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET      (12 * 64 * 1024)
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE        (10 * 1024)
-#define CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV 0
 
 #define CONFIG_CMD_FUSE