diff --git a/boards/or1k/mor1kx/or1k/src/Makefile b/boards/or1k/mor1kx/or1k/src/Makefile
index f921b9fccb4..2129058630b 100644
--- a/boards/or1k/mor1kx/or1k/src/Makefile
+++ b/boards/or1k/mor1kx/or1k/src/Makefile
@@ -24,8 +24,4 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/Make.defs
 
 CSRCS = or1k_boot.c or1k_bringup.c or1k_autoled.c
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_BOARDCTL),y)
-CSRCS += or1k_appinit.c
-endif
-
 include $(TOPDIR)/boards/Board.mk
diff --git a/boards/or1k/mor1kx/or1k/src/or1k_appinit.c b/boards/or1k/mor1kx/or1k/src/or1k_appinit.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 460967cd323..00000000000
--- a/boards/or1k/mor1kx/or1k/src/or1k_appinit.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
- * boards/or1k/mor1kx/or1k/src/or1k_appinit.c
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
- * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
- * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Included Files
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-#include <nuttx/config.h>
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <nuttx/board.h>
-
-#include "or1k.h"
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Pre-processor Definitions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Public Functions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Name: board_app_initialize
- *
- * Description:
- *   Perform application specific initialization.  This function is never
- *   called directly from application code, but only indirectly via the
- *   (non-standard) boardctl() interface using the command BOARDIOC_INIT.
- *
- * Input Parameters:
- *   arg - The boardctl() argument is passed to the board_app_initialize()
- *         implementation without modification.  The argument has no
- *         meaning to NuttX; the meaning of the argument is a contract
- *         between the board-specific initialization logic and the
- *         matching application logic.  The value could be such things as a
- *         mode enumeration value, a set of DIP switch switch settings, a
- *         pointer to configuration data read from a file or serial FLASH,
- *         or whatever you would like to do with it.  Every implementation
- *         should accept zero/NULL as a default configuration.
- *
- * Returned Value:
- *   Zero (OK) is returned on success; a negated errno value is returned on
- *   any failure to indicate the nature of the failure.
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-int board_app_initialize(uintptr_t arg)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INITIALIZE
-  /* Board initialization already performed by board_late_initialize() */
-
-  return OK;
-#else
-  /* Perform board-specific initialization */
-
-  return or1k_bringup();
-#endif
-}