diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc2095343a1b7907b2a28d097ae144ce27f22925..1d41fa5b5e09f5004b73f417adb837c9188757bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ DIRS = $(RIOTCPU)/$(CPU) core drivers sys
 
 .PHONY: all clean doc
 
-include $(RIOTCPU)/$(CPU)/Makefile.include
-include $(RIOTBOARD)/$(BOARD)/Makefile.include
-
 all:
 	mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ; do "$(MAKE)" -C $$i ; done ;