diff --git a/boards/common/nrf52/Makefile.features b/boards/common/nrf52/Makefile.features
index 4b34874d164598a8b945f6b7b88eb3e00ddbb0c2..8d5b2b93e60bfd5ee1104e6b492789400f31bbe7 100644
--- a/boards/common/nrf52/Makefile.features
+++ b/boards/common/nrf52/Makefile.features
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Put defined MCU peripherals here (in alphabetical order)
-FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio periph_gpio_irq
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_rtt
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_timer
 
diff --git a/cpu/nrf51/Makefile.features b/cpu/nrf51/Makefile.features
index 1a47295f0667b93a611c00617b7b94d2904c5101..7d12728b90a68dc1f4ce134b53fd28fe4cb22e6b 100644
--- a/cpu/nrf51/Makefile.features
+++ b/cpu/nrf51/Makefile.features
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio periph_gpio_irq
-
 -include $(RIOTCPU)/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features
diff --git a/cpu/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features b/cpu/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features
index 7fe6e293cdb493ac644fb40c3b9731f26dcd7d04..dd63600abcfb911cd6697b790048d8ad9420eae6 100644
--- a/cpu/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features
+++ b/cpu/nrf5x_common/Makefile.features
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Put defined MCU peripherals here (in alphabetical order)
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_cpuid
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_flashpage
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_gpio periph_gpio_irq
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_hwrng
 
 # Various other features (if any)