diff --git a/boards/mips-malta/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/mips-malta/include/periph_conf.h
index a3b8d9d18431919eaafd86d9f0854b05a618c0d7..764624cbaa59f01f1d865e1074d77de03666c9e2 100644
--- a/boards/mips-malta/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/mips-malta/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_mips-malta MIPS MALTA
- * @ingroup     boards
- * @brief       peripheral configuration for the MIPS Malta FPGA system
+ * @ingroup     boards_mips-malta
  * @{
  *
  * @file
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f031k6/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-f031k6/include/periph_conf.h
index 5779589aec6ed4662ab939f70eb8bc4483e30c4f..435bb8b1309793a5861c9c3810fa38615af1d706 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f031k6/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f031k6/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_nucleo-f031k6 STM32 Nucleo-F031K6
- * @ingroup     boards_common_nucleo32
- * @brief       Support for the STM32 Nucleo-F031K6
+ * @ingroup     boards_nucleo-f031k6
  * @{
  *
  * @file
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f042k6/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-f042k6/include/periph_conf.h
index 98c04c461857cf6f93b0084fd8bea1c229dee947..29b0343f069efa32eb077c326aa855431eb5a00a 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f042k6/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f042k6/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_nucleo-f042k6 STM32 Nucleo-F042K6
- * @ingroup     boards_common_nucleo32
- * @brief       Support for the STM32 Nucleo-F042K6
+ * @ingroup     boards_nucleo-f042k6
  * @{
  *
  * @file
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f207zg/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-f207zg/include/periph_conf.h
index 2af6f16da428ee7732db705220d60dd3a616644e..05a532a62be741db4991e81b4bf55334776e211e 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f207zg/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f207zg/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_nucleo-f207zg STM32 Nucleo-F207ZG
- * @ingroup     boards_common_nucleo144
- * @brief       Support for the STM32 Nucleo-F207ZG
+ * @ingroup     boards_nucleo-f207zg
  * @{
  *
  * @file
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l452re/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-l452re/include/periph_conf.h
index efd5211278a82aaedc39e09353fb01c46919b36b..5bb76ab6d05503fedf87e15d9967a1e858b37365 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-l452re/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-l452re/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_nucleo-l452re STM32 Nucleo-L452RE
- * @ingroup     boards_common_nucleo64
- * @brief       Support for the STM32 Nucleo-L452RE
+ * @ingroup     boards_nucleo-l452re
  * @{
  *
  * @file
diff --git a/boards/pic32-clicker/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/pic32-clicker/include/periph_conf.h
index d59e07a092525deeb103127da2190ee2cf8efb30..b664ac14f5e40c6c85ef6112f533217bc3280cac 100644
--- a/boards/pic32-clicker/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/pic32-clicker/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_pic32-clicker MikroE PIC32 Clicker
- * @ingroup     boards
- * @brief       peripheral configuration for the MikroE PIC32 Clicker
+ * @ingroup     boards_pic32-clicker
  * @{
  *
  * @file
diff --git a/boards/pic32-wifire/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/pic32-wifire/include/periph_conf.h
index e1ae1fdfdbf6c5613b3d6014c9364bd55bb93c3b..efbf5f785bd34ae83683c370821dfda415751a1e 100644
--- a/boards/pic32-wifire/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/pic32-wifire/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_pic32-wifire Digilent PIC32 WiFire
- * @ingroup     boards
- * @brief       peripheral configuration for the Digilent PIC32 WiFire
+ * @ingroup     boards_pic32-wifire
  * @{
  *
  * @file
diff --git a/boards/slwstk6220a/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/slwstk6220a/include/periph_conf.h
index f9f8396cd4b9d0f12468c090c20dc2c2279bc593..eb591069a9fb066c44f5b5c3782f796610083d42 100644
--- a/boards/slwstk6220a/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/slwstk6220a/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @ingroup     boards_wstk6220
+ * @ingroup     boards_slwstk6220a
  * @{
  *
  * @file