diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_git.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_git.bb
index c5583ff..1fa0da2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_git.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 require u-boot.inc
 
+# To build u-boot for your machine, provide the following lines in your machine
+# config, replacing "omap3_beagle" with the appropriate value for your machine.
+# UBOOT_MACHINE = "omap3_beagle_config"
+
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1707d6db1d42237583f50183a5651ecb \
                     file://README;beginline=1;endline=22;md5=3a00ef51d3fc96e9d6c1bc4708ccd3b5"
@@ -12,11 +16,6 @@ PR="r3"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git;branch=master;protocol=git"
 
-UBOOT_MACHINE_beagleboard = "omap3_beagle_config"
-UBOOT_MACHINE_overo = "omap3_overo_config"
-
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
-
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(beagleboard|overo)"