diff --git a/conf/machine/pinecube.conf b/conf/machine/pinecube.conf
index 77cfe41..6dad39e 100644
--- a/conf/machine/pinecube.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/pinecube.conf
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0"
 SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "${SERIAL_CONSOLES}"
 
 # Bootloader
-EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "virtual/bootloader"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader ?= "u-boot"
-SPL_BINARY = "u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "pinecube_defconfig"
 
 # wic SD card image
diff --git a/wic/pinecube.wks b/wic/pinecube.wks
index 8450c0f..38c6fe5 100644
--- a/wic/pinecube.wks
+++ b/wic/pinecube.wks
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin. It should be added to machine's
 # IMAGE_BOOT_FILES for wic to find it.
 
-part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin" --ondisk mmcblk0 --offset 8 --no-table
+part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${SPL_BINARY}" --ondisk mmcblk0 --offset 8 --no-table
 
 # add your partitions and options below:
 part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label helium-root --active --align 4