diff --git a/boards/pca10000/Makefile b/boards/pca10000/Makefile
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index f8fcbb53a06595771dae356338a7bf2c0673734d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/boards/pca10000/Makefile
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-MODULE = board
-
-include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/boards/pca10000/Makefile.dep b/boards/pca10000/Makefile.dep
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--- a/boards/pca10000/Makefile.dep
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ifneq (,$(filter gnrc_netdev_default netdev_default,$(USEMODULE)))
- USEMODULE += nrfmin
-endif
diff --git a/boards/pca10000/Makefile.features b/boards/pca10000/Makefile.features
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index 4e544b60b144380e00f4374c5635a66cecd8bbcf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/boards/pca10000/Makefile.features
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Put defined MCU peripherals here (in alphabetical order)
-FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio
-FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_rtt
-FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_timer
-FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_uart
-
-# Various other features (if any)
-FEATURES_PROVIDED += radio_nrfmin
-
-# The board MPU family (used for grouping by the CI system)
-FEATURES_MCU_GROUP = cortex_m0_2
-
--include $(RIOTCPU)/nrf51/Makefile.features
diff --git a/boards/pca10000/Makefile.include b/boards/pca10000/Makefile.include
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index 55826907c0bbda50f15bd6d2475be603048b8118..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/boards/pca10000/Makefile.include
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@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# define the used CPU
-export CPU = nrf51
-export CPU_MODEL = nrf51x22xxaa
-
-# define the default port depending on the host OS
-PORT_LINUX ?= /dev/ttyACM0
-PORT_DARWIN ?= $(firstword $(sort $(wildcard /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART*)))
-
-# setup JLink for flashing
-export JLINK_DEVICE := nrf51822
-export JLINK_PRE_FLASH := w4 4001e504 1
-include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/jlink.inc.mk
-
-# setup serial terminal
-include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/serial.inc.mk
diff --git a/boards/pca10000/board.c b/boards/pca10000/board.c
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index 289b26cde85c86095ac41f05f1018b08c25d1eba..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/boards/pca10000/board.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Freie Universität Berlin
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General
- * Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level directory for more
- * details.
- */
-
-/**
- * @ingroup boards_pca10000
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief Board initialization code for the Nordic PCA10000 board
- *
- * @author Christian Kühling <kuehling@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
- * @author Timo Ziegler <timo.ziegler@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * @}
- */
-
-#include "cpu.h"
-#include "board.h"
-
-void board_init(void)
-{
- /* initialize the boards LEDs: set pins to output and turn LEDs off */
- NRF_GPIO->DIRSET = (LED0_MASK | LED1_MASK | LED2_MASK);
- NRF_GPIO->OUTSET = (LED0_MASK | LED1_MASK | LED2_MASK);
-
- /* trigger the CPU initialization code */
- cpu_init();
-}
diff --git a/boards/pca10000/include/board.h b/boards/pca10000/include/board.h
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index 9fd586033361e065128b553600fc8f0141b8b7e1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/boards/pca10000/include/board.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Freie Universität Berlin
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General
- * Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level directory for more
- * details.
- */
-
-/**
- * @defgroup boards_pca10000 Nordic PCA10000
- * @ingroup boards
- * @brief Board specific files for the Nordic PCA100000
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief Board configuration for the Nordic PCA10000 board
- *
- * @author Christian Kühling <kuehling@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
- * @author Timo Ziegler <timo.ziegler@fu-berlin.de>
- */
-
-#ifndef BOARD_H
-#define BOARD_H
-
-#include "cpu.h"
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @name Xtimer configuration
- * @{
- */
-#define XTIMER_WIDTH (24)
-#define XTIMER_BACKOFF (40)
-/** @} */
-
-/**
- * @name LED pin definitions and handlers
- * @{
- */
-#define LED0_PIN GPIO_PIN(0, 21)
-#define LED1_PIN GPIO_PIN(0, 22)
-#define LED2_PIN GPIO_PIN(0, 23)
-
-#define LED0_MASK (1 << 21)
-#define LED1_MASK (1 << 22)
-#define LED2_MASK (1 << 23)
-
-#define LED0_ON (NRF_GPIO->OUTCLR = LED0_MASK)
-#define LED0_OFF (NRF_GPIO->OUTSET = LED0_MASK)
-#define LED0_TOGGLE (NRF_GPIO->OUT ^= LED0_MASK)
-
-#define LED1_ON (NRF_GPIO->OUTCLR = LED1_MASK)
-#define LED1_OFF (NRF_GPIO->OUTSET = LED1_MASK)
-#define LED1_TOGGLE (NRF_GPIO->OUT ^= LED1_MASK)
-
-#define LED2_ON (NRF_GPIO->OUTCLR = LED2_MASK)
-#define LED2_OFF (NRF_GPIO->OUTSET = LED2_MASK)
-#define LED2_TOGGLE (NRF_GPIO->OUT ^= LED2_MASK)
-/** @} */
-
-/**
- * @brief Initialize the board, including triggering the CPU initialization
- */
-void board_init(void);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* BOARD_H */
-/** @} */
diff --git a/boards/pca10000/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/pca10000/include/periph_conf.h
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index 64c4a7e2e167444190fa4bb85d50321ee4f0d354..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/boards/pca10000/include/periph_conf.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Freie Universität Berlin
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General
- * Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level directory for more
- * details.
- */
-
-/**
- * @ingroup boards_pca10000
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief Peripheral MCU configuration for the nRF51822 board pca10000
- *
- * @author Christian Kühling <kuehling@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
- * @author Timo Ziegler <timo.ziegler@fu-berlin.de>
- * @author Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
- */
-
-#ifndef PERIPH_CONF_H
-#define PERIPH_CONF_H
-
-#include "periph_cpu.h"
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @name Clock configuration
- *
- * @note The radio will not work with the internal RC oscillator!
- *
- * @{
- */
-#define CLOCK_HFCLK (16U) /* set to 0: internal RC oscillator
- 16: 16MHz crystal
- 32: 32MHz crystal */
-#define CLOCK_LFCLK (0) /* set to 0: internal RC oscillator
- * 1: 32.768 kHz crystal
- * 2: derived from HFCLK */
-/** @} */
-
-/**
- * @name Timer configuration
- * @{
- */
-static const timer_conf_t timer_config[] = {
- /* dev, channels, width */
- { NRF_TIMER0, 3, TIMER_BITMODE_BITMODE_24Bit, TIMER0_IRQn }
-};
-
-#define TIMER_0_ISR isr_timer0
-
-#define TIMER_NUMOF (sizeof(timer_config) / sizeof(timer_config[0]))
-/** @} */
-
-/**
- * @name Real time counter configuration
- * @{
- */
-#define RTT_NUMOF (1U)
-#define RTT_DEV (1) /* NRF_RTC1 */
-#define RTT_MAX_VALUE (0x00ffffff)
-#define RTT_FREQUENCY (1024)
-/** @} */
-
-/**
- * @name UART configuration
- * @{
- */
-#define UART_NUMOF (1U)
-/* UART pin configuration */
-#define UART_HWFLOWCTRL 1
-#define UART_PIN_RX 11
-#define UART_PIN_TX 9
-#define UART_PIN_RTS 8
-#define UART_PIN_CTS 10
-/** @} */
-
-/**
- * @name ADC configuration
- *
- * The configuration consists simply of a list of channels that should be used
- * @{
- */
-#define ADC_NUMOF (0)
-/** @} */
-
-/**
- * @name Radio device configuration
- *
- * The radio is not guarded by a NUMOF define, as the radio is selected by its
- * own module in the build system.
- * @{
- */
-#define RADIO_IRQ_PRIO 1
-/** @} */
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* PERIPH_CONF_H */