diff --git a/boards/b-l072z-lrwan1/Makefile.dep b/boards/b-l072z-lrwan1/Makefile.dep
index c683c1cda098f3701ba041ab23ac60473f614ea0..52861764e82441af6ca8d2160b54a9cc49fb7640 100644
--- a/boards/b-l072z-lrwan1/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/b-l072z-lrwan1/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_dma
-
 ifneq (,$(filter netdev_default,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += sx1276
 endif
diff --git a/boards/b-l475e-iot01a/Makefile.dep b/boards/b-l475e-iot01a/Makefile.dep
index 8a26164a9ef85282e278288ec20c6d3684701c35..eded089b924532fc704855e9d3f826374e57988b 100644
--- a/boards/b-l475e-iot01a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/b-l475e-iot01a/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_dma
-
 ifneq (,$(filter saul_default,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += saul_gpio
   USEMODULE += hts221
diff --git a/boards/iotlab-m3/Makefile.dep b/boards/iotlab-m3/Makefile.dep
index 2353690840a84e989286d64c42805e506a53ea2d..bb828bd7066d7ae93be1cb376567e7363e341ad0 100644
--- a/boards/iotlab-m3/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/iotlab-m3/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/iotlab/Makefile.dep
 
-FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_dma
-
 ifneq (,$(filter saul_default,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += isl29020
   USEMODULE += lps331ap
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f091rc/Makefile.dep b/boards/nucleo-f091rc/Makefile.dep
index a7e11adb3cd8c6b91303c4ec2a8d7891afe8c266..729485827299c1a63e12514b30d4943aeea41c0d 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f091rc/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f091rc/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_dma
-
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/nucleo/Makefile.dep
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f207zg/Makefile.dep b/boards/nucleo-f207zg/Makefile.dep
index a7e11adb3cd8c6b91303c4ec2a8d7891afe8c266..729485827299c1a63e12514b30d4943aeea41c0d 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f207zg/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f207zg/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_dma
-
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/nucleo/Makefile.dep
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f767zi/Makefile.dep b/boards/nucleo-f767zi/Makefile.dep
index a7e11adb3cd8c6b91303c4ec2a8d7891afe8c266..729485827299c1a63e12514b30d4943aeea41c0d 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f767zi/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f767zi/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_dma
-
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/nucleo/Makefile.dep
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l152re/Makefile.dep b/boards/nucleo-l152re/Makefile.dep
index a7e11adb3cd8c6b91303c4ec2a8d7891afe8c266..729485827299c1a63e12514b30d4943aeea41c0d 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-l152re/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/nucleo-l152re/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-FEATURES_REQUIRED += periph_dma
-
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/nucleo/Makefile.dep