diff --git a/board/efi/efi-x86_payload/Makefile b/board/efi/efi-x86_payload/Makefile
index 00ef69534d..a4ebc85aa5 100644
--- a/board/efi/efi-x86_payload/Makefile
+++ b/board/efi/efi-x86_payload/Makefile
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
 
-obj-y	+= start.o payload.o
+obj-y	+= payload.o
diff --git a/board/efi/efi-x86_payload/start.S b/board/efi/efi-x86_payload/start.S
deleted file mode 100644
index f7eaa7cb12..0000000000
--- a/board/efi/efi-x86_payload/start.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2018, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
- */
-
-.globl early_board_init
-early_board_init:
-	jmp	early_board_init_ret