diff --git a/board/toradex/colibri_imx6/colibri_imx6.c b/board/toradex/colibri_imx6/colibri_imx6.c
index a5cd858..7db9d25 100644
--- a/board/toradex/colibri_imx6/colibri_imx6.c
+++ b/board/toradex/colibri_imx6/colibri_imx6.c
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
 	PAD_CTL_SPEED_LOW | PAD_CTL_DSE_80ohm |			\
 	PAD_CTL_SRE_FAST  | PAD_CTL_HYS)
 
-#define ENET_PAD_CTRL  (PAD_CTL_PUS_100K_UP |			\
-	PAD_CTL_SPEED_MED | PAD_CTL_DSE_40ohm | PAD_CTL_HYS)
-
 #define WEAK_PULLUP	(PAD_CTL_PUS_100K_UP |			\
 	PAD_CTL_SPEED_MED | PAD_CTL_DSE_40ohm | PAD_CTL_HYS |	\
 	PAD_CTL_SRE_SLOW)
@@ -112,24 +109,6 @@
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_IMX & CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 
-iomux_v3_cfg_t const enet_pads[] = {
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_MDC__ENET_MDC		| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_MDIO__ENET_MDIO		| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_RXD0__ENET_RX_DATA0	| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_RXD1__ENET_RX_DATA1	| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_RX_ER__ENET_RX_ER		| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_TX_EN__ENET_TX_EN		| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_TXD0__ENET_TX_DATA0	| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_TXD1__ENET_TX_DATA1	| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_ENET_CRS_DV__ENET_RX_EN		| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-	MX6_PAD_GPIO_16__ENET_REF_CLK		| MUX_PAD_CTRL(ENET_PAD_CTRL),
-};
-
-static void setup_iomux_enet(void)
-{
-	imx_iomux_v3_setup_multiple_pads(enet_pads, ARRAY_SIZE(enet_pads));
-}
-
 /* mux auxiliary pins to GPIO, so they can be used from the U-Boot cmdline */
 iomux_v3_cfg_t const gpio_pads[] = {
 	/* ADDRESS[17:18] [25] used as GPIO */
@@ -371,12 +350,8 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
+int setup_fec(void)
 {
-	struct iomuxc *iomuxc_regs = (struct iomuxc *)IOMUXC_BASE_ADDR;
-	uint32_t base = IMX_FEC_BASE;
-	struct mii_dev *bus = NULL;
-	struct phy_device *phydev = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* provide the PHY clock from the i.MX 6 */
@@ -384,34 +359,6 @@
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	/* set gpr1[ENET_CLK_SEL] */
-	setbits_le32(&iomuxc_regs->gpr[1], IOMUXC_GPR1_ENET_CLK_SEL_MASK);
-
-	setup_iomux_enet();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEC_MXC
-	bus = fec_get_miibus(base, -1);
-	if (!bus)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* scan PHY 1..7 */
-	phydev = phy_find_by_mask(bus, 0xff, PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII);
-	if (!phydev) {
-		free(bus);
-		puts("no PHY found\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	phy_reset(phydev);
-	printf("using PHY at %d\n", phydev->addr);
-	ret = fec_probe(bis, -1, base, bus, phydev);
-	if (ret) {
-		printf("FEC MXC: %s:failed\n", __func__);
-		free(phydev);
-		free(bus);
-	}
-#endif /* CONFIG_FEC_MXC */
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -633,7 +580,9 @@
 {
 	/* address of boot parameters */
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = PHYS_SDRAM + 0x100;
-
+#if defined(CONFIG_FEC_MXC)
+	setup_fec();
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_IPUV3)
 	setup_display();
 #endif