diff --git a/board/xilinx/zynq/xil_io.h b/board/xilinx/zynq/xil_io.h
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:    GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#ifndef XIL_IO_H           /* prevent circular inclusions */
+#define XIL_IO_H
+
+/*
+ * This empty file is here because ps7_init.c exported by hw project
+ * has #include "xil_io.h" line.
+ */
+
+#endif /* XIL_IO_H */