diff --git a/bl2/bl2_main.c b/bl2/bl2_main.c
index c8fd683..fc93e1b 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2_main.c
+++ b/bl2/bl2_main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2014, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -28,192 +28,23 @@
  * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-#include <arch.h>
 #include <arch_helpers.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <auth_mod.h>
 #include <bl1.h>
 #include <bl_common.h>
 #include <debug.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <platform.h>
-#include <platform_def.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
 #include "bl2_private.h"
 
-/*
- * Check for platforms that use obsolete image terminology
- */
-#ifdef BL30_BASE
-# error "BL30_BASE platform define no longer used - please use SCP_BL2_BASE"
-#endif
-
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Load the SCP_BL2 image if there's one.
- * If a platform does not want to attempt to load SCP_BL2 image it must leave
- * SCP_BL2_BASE undefined.
- * Return 0 on success or if there's no SCP_BL2 image to load, a negative error
- * code otherwise.
- ******************************************************************************/
-static int load_scp_bl2(void)
-{
-	int e = 0;
-#ifdef SCP_BL2_BASE
-	meminfo_t scp_bl2_mem_info;
-	image_info_t scp_bl2_image_info;
-
-	/*
-	 * It is up to the platform to specify where SCP_BL2 should be loaded if
-	 * it exists. It could create space in the secure sram or point to a
-	 * completely different memory.
-	 *
-	 * The entry point information is not relevant in this case as the AP
-	 * won't execute the SCP_BL2 image.
-	 */
-	INFO("BL2: Loading SCP_BL2\n");
-	bl2_plat_get_scp_bl2_meminfo(&scp_bl2_mem_info);
-	scp_bl2_image_info.h.version = VERSION_1;
-	e = load_auth_image(&scp_bl2_mem_info,
-			    SCP_BL2_IMAGE_ID,
-			    SCP_BL2_BASE,
-			    &scp_bl2_image_info,
-			    NULL);
-
-	if (e == 0) {
-		/* The subsequent handling of SCP_BL2 is platform specific */
-		e = bl2_plat_handle_scp_bl2(&scp_bl2_image_info);
-		if (e) {
-			ERROR("Failure in platform-specific handling of SCP_BL2 image.\n");
-		}
-	}
-#endif /* SCP_BL2_BASE */
-
-	return e;
-}
-
-#ifndef EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Load the BL31 image.
- * The bl2_to_bl31_params and bl31_ep_info params will be updated with the
- * relevant BL31 information.
- * Return 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise.
- ******************************************************************************/
-static int load_bl31(bl31_params_t *bl2_to_bl31_params,
-		     entry_point_info_t *bl31_ep_info)
-{
-	meminfo_t *bl2_tzram_layout;
-	int e;
-
-	INFO("BL2: Loading BL31\n");
-	assert(bl2_to_bl31_params != NULL);
-	assert(bl31_ep_info != NULL);
-
-	/* Find out how much free trusted ram remains after BL2 load */
-	bl2_tzram_layout = bl2_plat_sec_mem_layout();
-
-	/* Set the X0 parameter to BL31 */
-	bl31_ep_info->args.arg0 = (unsigned long)bl2_to_bl31_params;
-
-	/* Load the BL31 image */
-	e = load_auth_image(bl2_tzram_layout,
-			    BL31_IMAGE_ID,
-			    BL31_BASE,
-			    bl2_to_bl31_params->bl31_image_info,
-			    bl31_ep_info);
-
-	if (e == 0) {
-		bl2_plat_set_bl31_ep_info(bl2_to_bl31_params->bl31_image_info,
-					  bl31_ep_info);
-	}
-
-	return e;
-}
 
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Load the BL32 image if there's one.
- * The bl2_to_bl31_params param will be updated with the relevant BL32
- * information.
- * If a platform does not want to attempt to load BL32 image it must leave
- * BL32_BASE undefined.
- * Return 0 on success or if there's no BL32 image to load, a negative error
- * code otherwise.
- ******************************************************************************/
-static int load_bl32(bl31_params_t *bl2_to_bl31_params)
-{
-	int e = 0;
-#ifdef BL32_BASE
-	meminfo_t bl32_mem_info;
-
-	INFO("BL2: Loading BL32\n");
-	assert(bl2_to_bl31_params != NULL);
-
-	/*
-	 * It is up to the platform to specify where BL32 should be loaded if
-	 * it exists. It could create space in the secure sram or point to a
-	 * completely different memory.
-	 */
-	bl2_plat_get_bl32_meminfo(&bl32_mem_info);
-	e = load_auth_image(&bl32_mem_info,
-			    BL32_IMAGE_ID,
-			    BL32_BASE,
-			    bl2_to_bl31_params->bl32_image_info,
-			    bl2_to_bl31_params->bl32_ep_info);
-
-	if (e == 0) {
-		bl2_plat_set_bl32_ep_info(
-			bl2_to_bl31_params->bl32_image_info,
-			bl2_to_bl31_params->bl32_ep_info);
-	}
-#endif /* BL32_BASE */
-
-	return e;
-}
-
-#ifndef PRELOADED_BL33_BASE
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Load the BL33 image.
- * The bl2_to_bl31_params param will be updated with the relevant BL33
- * information.
- * Return 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise.
- ******************************************************************************/
-static int load_bl33(bl31_params_t *bl2_to_bl31_params)
-{
-	meminfo_t bl33_mem_info;
-	int e;
-
-	INFO("BL2: Loading BL33\n");
-	assert(bl2_to_bl31_params != NULL);
-
-	bl2_plat_get_bl33_meminfo(&bl33_mem_info);
-
-	/* Load the BL33 image in non-secure memory provided by the platform */
-	e = load_auth_image(&bl33_mem_info,
-			    BL33_IMAGE_ID,
-			    plat_get_ns_image_entrypoint(),
-			    bl2_to_bl31_params->bl33_image_info,
-			    bl2_to_bl31_params->bl33_ep_info);
-
-	if (e == 0) {
-		bl2_plat_set_bl33_ep_info(bl2_to_bl31_params->bl33_image_info,
-					  bl2_to_bl31_params->bl33_ep_info);
-	}
-
-	return e;
-}
-#endif /* PRELOADED_BL33_BASE */
-
-#endif /* EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE */
-
-/*******************************************************************************
  * The only thing to do in BL2 is to load further images and pass control to
- * BL31. The memory occupied by BL2 will be reclaimed by BL3x stages. BL2 runs
- * entirely in S-EL1.
+ * next BL. The memory occupied by BL2 will be reclaimed by BL3x stages. BL2
+ * runs entirely in S-EL1.
  ******************************************************************************/
 void bl2_main(void)
 {
-	bl31_params_t *bl2_to_bl31_params;
-	entry_point_info_t *bl31_ep_info;
-	int e;
+	entry_point_info_t *next_bl_ep_info;
 
 	NOTICE("BL2: %s\n", version_string);
 	NOTICE("BL2: %s\n", build_message);
@@ -226,82 +57,13 @@
 	auth_mod_init();
 #endif /* TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT */
 
-	/*
-	 * Load the subsequent bootloader images
-	 */
-	e = load_scp_bl2();
-	if (e) {
-		ERROR("Failed to load SCP_BL2 (%i)\n", e);
-		plat_error_handler(e);
-	}
-
-	/* Perform platform setup in BL2 after loading SCP_BL2 */
-	bl2_platform_setup();
-
-	/*
-	 * Get a pointer to the memory the platform has set aside to pass
-	 * information to BL31.
-	 */
-	bl2_to_bl31_params = bl2_plat_get_bl31_params();
-	bl31_ep_info = bl2_plat_get_bl31_ep_info();
-
-#ifdef EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE
-	/*
-	 * In the case of an EL3 payload, we don't need to load any further
-	 * images. Just update the BL31 entrypoint info structure to make BL1
-	 * jump to the EL3 payload.
-	 * The pointer to the memory the platform has set aside to pass
-	 * information to BL31 in the normal boot flow is reused here, even
-	 * though only a fraction of the information contained in the
-	 * bl31_params_t structure makes sense in the context of EL3 payloads.
-	 * This will be refined in the future.
-	 */
-	INFO("BL2: Populating the entrypoint info for the EL3 payload\n");
-	bl31_ep_info->pc = EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE;
-	bl31_ep_info->args.arg0 = (unsigned long) bl2_to_bl31_params;
-	bl2_plat_set_bl31_ep_info(NULL, bl31_ep_info);
-#else
-	e = load_bl31(bl2_to_bl31_params, bl31_ep_info);
-	if (e) {
-		ERROR("Failed to load BL31 (%i)\n", e);
-		plat_error_handler(e);
-	}
-
-	e = load_bl32(bl2_to_bl31_params);
-	if (e) {
-		if (e == -EAUTH) {
-			ERROR("Failed to authenticate BL32\n");
-			plat_error_handler(e);
-		} else {
-			WARN("Failed to load BL32 (%i)\n", e);
-		}
-	}
-
-#ifdef PRELOADED_BL33_BASE
-	/*
-	 * In this case, don't load the BL33 image as it's already loaded in
-	 * memory. Update BL33 entrypoint information.
-	 */
-	INFO("BL2: Populating the entrypoint info for the preloaded BL33\n");
-	bl2_to_bl31_params->bl33_ep_info->pc = PRELOADED_BL33_BASE;
-	bl2_plat_set_bl33_ep_info(NULL, bl2_to_bl31_params->bl33_ep_info);
-#else
-	e = load_bl33(bl2_to_bl31_params);
-	if (e) {
-		ERROR("Failed to load BL33 (%i)\n", e);
-		plat_error_handler(e);
-	}
-#endif /* PRELOADED_BL33_BASE */
-
-#endif /* EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE */
-
-	/* Flush the params to be passed to memory */
-	bl2_plat_flush_bl31_params();
+	/* Load the subsequent bootloader images. */
+	next_bl_ep_info = bl2_load_images();
 
 	/*
-	 * Run BL31 via an SMC to BL1. Information on how to pass control to
-	 * the BL32 (if present) and BL33 software images will be passed to
-	 * BL31 as an argument.
+	 * Run next BL image via an SMC to BL1. Information on how to pass
+	 * control to the BL32 (if present) and BL33 software images will
+	 * be passed to next BL image as an argument.
 	 */
-	smc(BL1_SMC_RUN_IMAGE, (unsigned long)bl31_ep_info, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+	smc(BL1_SMC_RUN_IMAGE, (unsigned long)next_bl_ep_info, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 }