diff --git a/boards/msba2/Makefile.dep b/boards/msba2/Makefile.dep
index 130eea588a8b371cc6890830398f261dab0abd3f..e5d94f2d25850c062976f10d5a38ff3fca618243 100644
--- a/boards/msba2/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/msba2/Makefile.dep
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/msba2/Makefile.dep
+
+ifneq (,$(filter netdev_default gnrc_netdev_default,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += cc110x
+endif
diff --git a/boards/msba2/Makefile.include b/boards/msba2/Makefile.include
index b4929e955aaadf7748bad187bcf4797c0f9c8681..8c26e275d07bdd47871c09b957dea6aa66148515 100644
--- a/boards/msba2/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/msba2/Makefile.include
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-ifneq (,$(filter netdev_default gnrc_netdev_default,$(USEMODULE)))
-  USEMODULE += cc110x
-endif
-
 USEMODULE += boards_common_msba2
 
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/msba2/Makefile.include
diff --git a/boards/msba2/include/cc110x_params.h b/boards/msba2/include/cc110x_params.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 54236e2abebdea597ef9e3c76bec65f649d7f855..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/boards/msba2/include/cc110x_params.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- *
- * 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   board_msba2
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief     cc110x board specific configuration
- *
- * @author    Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- */
-
-#ifndef CC110X_PARAMS_H
-#define CC110X_PARAMS_H
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @name CC110X configuration
- */
-const cc110x_params_t cc110x_params[] = {
-    {
-        .spi  = 0,
-        .cs   = 53,
-        .gdo0 = 27,
-        .gdo1 = 55,
-        .gdo2 = 28
-    },
-};
-/** @} */
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-#endif /* CC110X_PARAMS_H */
-/** @} */
diff --git a/drivers/cc110x/include/cc110x_params.h b/drivers/cc110x/include/cc110x_params.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e9f0130c2a92504c5863442fbfeb4e22ad467dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/cc110x/include/cc110x_params.h
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Marian Buschsieweke <marian.buschsieweke@ovgu.de>
+ *
+ * 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   drivers_cc110x
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief     cc110x board specific configuration
+ *
+ * @author    Marian Buschsieweke <marian.buschsieweke@ovgu.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef CC110X_PARAMS_H
+#define CC110X_PARAMS_H
+
+#include "board.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @name    Default parameters for the cc110x driver
+ *
+ * These values are based on the msba2 board
+ * @{
+ */
+#ifndef CC110X_PARAM_SPI
+#define CC110X_PARAM_SPI            SPI_DEV(0)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CC110X_PARAM_CS
+#define CC110X_PARAM_CS             GPIO_PIN(1, 21)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CC110X_PARAM_GDO0
+#define CC110X_PARAM_GDO0           GPIO_PIN(0, 27)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CC110X_PARAM_GDO1
+#define CC110X_PARAM_GDO1           GPIO_PIN(1, 23)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CC110X_PARAM_GDO2
+#define CC110X_PARAM_GDO2           GPIO_PIN(0, 28)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CC110X_PARAMS
+#define CC110X_PARAMS               { \
+                                        .spi  = CC110X_PARAM_SPI,  \
+                                        .cs   = CC110X_PARAM_CS,   \
+                                        .gdo0 = CC110X_PARAM_GDO0, \
+                                        .gdo1 = CC110X_PARAM_GDO1, \
+                                        .gdo2 = CC110X_PARAM_GDO2, \
+                                    }
+
+#endif
+/** @} */
+
+
+/**
+ * @name    CC110X configuration
+ * @brief   Specifies the SPI bus and GPIOs connected to the CC110X transceiver
+ */
+const cc110x_params_t cc110x_params[] = {
+    CC110X_PARAMS
+};
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif /* CC110X_PARAMS_H */
+/** @} */