diff --git a/meta/classes/uboot-config.bbclass b/meta/classes/uboot-config.bbclass
index b9ad35821a..fe85521877 100644
--- a/meta/classes/uboot-config.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/uboot-config.bbclass
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ UBOOT_ENV_BINARY ?= "${UBOOT_ENV}.${UBOOT_ENV_SUFFIX}"
 UBOOT_ENV_IMAGE ?= "${UBOOT_ENV}-${MACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}.${UBOOT_ENV_SUFFIX}"
 UBOOT_ENV_SYMLINK ?= "${UBOOT_ENV}-${MACHINE}.${UBOOT_ENV_SUFFIX}"
 
-# Default name of u-boot initial env, but enable individual recipes to change
-# this value.
-UBOOT_INITIAL_ENV ?= "${PN}-initial-env"
-
 # U-Boot EXTLINUX variables. U-Boot searches for /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
 # to find EXTLINUX conf file.
 UBOOT_EXTLINUX_INSTALL_DIR ?= "/boot/extlinux"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
index b2f33e3826..54ea2e9e50 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = ",,openssl-native"
 # file already exists it will not be overwritten.
 UBOOT_LOCALVERSION ?= ""
 
+# Default name of u-boot initial env, but enable individual recipes to change
+# this value.
+UBOOT_INITIAL_ENV ?= "${PN}-initial-env"
+
 require u-boot-configure.inc
 
 do_compile () {