diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h
index 6f312d6652aa36c958ba86198b902d650ab4fe14..a0bda28104a95b021a9a8a345164201d9f2dedcc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@ enum {
 };
 #endif
 
-/**
- * Board specific load method for boards that have a special way of loading
- * U-Boot, which does not fit with the existing SPL code.
- *
- * @return 0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
- */
-
-int spl_board_load_image(void);
-
 /* Linker symbols. */
 extern char __bss_start[], __bss_end[];
 
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/spl.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/spl.h
index 59f24011703f07341c443386c0315d5f92d305fa..eb3cb569160d3eddc6338f3b2a1d3381ac775838 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/spl.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/spl.h
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_LOAD_IMAGE
 
-/**
- * Board-specific load method for boards that have a special way of loading
- * U-Boot, which does not fit with the existing SPL code.
- *
- * @return 0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
- */
-int spl_board_load_image(void);
-
 enum {
 	BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD,
 };
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index 30eda36feffd6c5d57315b8497106960c5b1bd7d..a597250e7c866050aef9c3ef8245045e1ddc9b64 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -152,4 +152,13 @@ bool spl_was_boot_source(void);
  * @return 0 on success, otherwise error code
  */
 int spl_dfu_cmd(int usbctrl, char *dfu_alt_info, char *interface, char *devstr);
+
+/**
+ * Board-specific load method for boards that have a special way of loading
+ * U-Boot, which does not fit with the existing SPL code.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ */
+int spl_board_load_image(void);
+
 #endif