diff --git a/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga.c b/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga.c
index 459d82f351..2b2b63df51 100644
--- a/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga.c
+++ b/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga.c
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-/*
- * Print Board information
- */
-int checkboard(void)
-{
-	puts("BOARD: Altera SoCFPGA Cyclone5 Board\n");
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialization function which happen at early stage of c code
  */
diff --git a/include/configs/socfpga_common.h b/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
index ee227fef0f..59b7f218a4 100644
--- a/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * High level configuration
  */
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO
-#define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
+#define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
 #define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
 #define CONFIG_ARCH_EARLY_INIT_R
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH