diff --git a/configs/mx6sxsabresd_defconfig b/configs/mx6sxsabresd_defconfig
index 72e0f103ec..cc823226c1 100644
--- a/configs/mx6sxsabresd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx6sxsabresd_defconfig
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_MX6SXSABRESD=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x400
+CONFIG_DM=y
+CONFIG_DM_THERMAL=y
diff --git a/configs/mx6sxsabresd_spl_defconfig b/configs/mx6sxsabresd_spl_defconfig
index 6b36e06a85..901b01bf98 100644
--- a/configs/mx6sxsabresd_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx6sxsabresd_spl_defconfig
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=arch/arm/imx-common/spl_sd.cfg,MX6SX"
 +S:CONFIG_ARM=y
 +S:CONFIG_TARGET_MX6SXSABRESD=y
+CONFIG_DM=y
+CONFIG_DM_THERMAL=y
diff --git a/include/configs/mx6sxsabresd.h b/include/configs/mx6sxsabresd.h
index 1005b9e6bc..a2901294a6 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx6sxsabresd.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx6sxsabresd.h
@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_PCIE_IMX_POWER_GPIO	IMX_GPIO_NR(2, 1)
 #endif
 
-#define CONFIG_DM
-#define CONFIG_DM_THERMAL
 #define CONFIG_IMX6_THERMAL
 
 #define CONFIG_CMD_FUSE