diff --git a/board/theobroma-systems/ringneck_px30/Kconfig b/board/theobroma-systems/ringneck_px30/Kconfig
index 24d94807db..c33253bdad 100644
--- a/board/theobroma-systems/ringneck_px30/Kconfig
+++ b/board/theobroma-systems/ringneck_px30/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config SYS_CONFIG_NAME
 
 config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
 	def_bool y
+	select ENV_IS_NOWHERE
 
 config ENV_SIZE
 	default 0x3000
diff --git a/board/theobroma-systems/ringneck_px30/ringneck-px30.c b/board/theobroma-systems/ringneck_px30/ringneck-px30.c
index 47d1a40ef7..bb1bb4acf5 100644
--- a/board/theobroma-systems/ringneck_px30/ringneck-px30.c
+++ b/board/theobroma-systems/ringneck_px30/ringneck-px30.c
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ int mmc_get_env_dev(void)
 	return CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV;
 }
 
-#if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE)
-#error Please enable CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE
-#endif
-
 enum env_location arch_env_get_location(enum env_operation op, int prio)
 {
 	const char *boot_device =
diff --git a/configs/ringneck-px30_defconfig b/configs/ringneck-px30_defconfig
index 91706d8def..e9234efc2a 100644
--- a/configs/ringneck-px30_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ringneck-px30_defconfig
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ CONFIG_SPL_OF_CONTROL=y
 CONFIG_OF_LIVE=y
 CONFIG_OF_SPL_REMOVE_PROPS="interrupt-parent assigned-clocks assigned-clock-rates assigned-clock-parents"
 CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
-CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE=y
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC=y
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_SEQ_ALIAS=y