diff --git a/configs/at91sam9n12ek_mmc_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9n12ek_mmc_defconfig
index 6b2cfe9c42..7b46eb498d 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9n12ek_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9n12ek_mmc_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9N12EK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9n12ek_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9n12ek_nandflash_defconfig
index 354c24ff16..4e34a517fd 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9n12ek_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9n12ek_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9N12EK=y
+CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=2
+CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9n12ek_spiflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9n12ek_spiflash_defconfig
index 63889355bf..7ba1d167e7 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9n12ek_spiflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9n12ek_spiflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9N12EK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_dataflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_dataflash_defconfig
index dc13509715..1aa6ce7185 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_dataflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_dataflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9X5EK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_mmc_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_mmc_defconfig
index ff86f93e61..75f7fbd199 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_mmc_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9X5EK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_nandflash_defconfig
index b2b3ddb6d9..dd6bdee7f9 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9X5EK=y
+CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=2
+CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_spiflash_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_spiflash_defconfig
index d0eebcdc75..94b813fe2c 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_spiflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_spiflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9X5EK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
diff --git a/configs/sama5d3_xplained_mmc_defconfig b/configs/sama5d3_xplained_mmc_defconfig
index eab38ec366..51d5aeaf0e 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3_xplained_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d3_xplained_mmc_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D3_XPLAINED=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
index ff7d2bffdd..ce1f28607e 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D3_XPLAINED=y
+CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=4
+CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d3xek_mmc_defconfig b/configs/sama5d3xek_mmc_defconfig
index 6faea0ec3f..49d4334213 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3xek_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d3xek_mmc_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D3XEK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d3xek_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d3xek_nandflash_defconfig
index e641279ee1..b0d56e0e3e 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3xek_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d3xek_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D3XEK=y
+CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=4
+CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d3xek_spiflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d3xek_spiflash_defconfig
index 37f603d528..b0f07fd72d 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3xek_spiflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d3xek_spiflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D3XEK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d4_xplained_mmc_defconfig b/configs/sama5d4_xplained_mmc_defconfig
index bfcea3f519..35b8302b60 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d4_xplained_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d4_xplained_mmc_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D4_XPLAINED=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d4_xplained_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d4_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
index 2c1b7f17c0..93714ed0c7 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d4_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d4_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D4_XPLAINED=y
+CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=8
+CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d4_xplained_spiflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d4_xplained_spiflash_defconfig
index a89dd11a8c..325817f14e 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d4_xplained_spiflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d4_xplained_spiflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D4_XPLAINED=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d4ek_mmc_defconfig b/configs/sama5d4ek_mmc_defconfig
index 45e6539913..bd238f7f14 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d4ek_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d4ek_mmc_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D4EK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d4ek_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d4ek_nandflash_defconfig
index 1497110452..3816bfb273 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d4ek_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d4ek_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D4EK=y
+CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=8
+CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/sama5d4ek_spiflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d4ek_spiflash_defconfig
index dad32b5711..888552a265 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d4ek_spiflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d4ek_spiflash_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x26f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_SAMA5D4EK=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/wb45n_defconfig b/configs/wb45n_defconfig
index 9d881e5d41..15fc17ac00 100644
--- a/configs/wb45n_defconfig
+++ b/configs/wb45n_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x23f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_WB45N=y
+CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=4
+CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/wb50n_defconfig b/configs/wb50n_defconfig
index c74eba1012..a7e9a53448 100644
--- a/configs/wb50n_defconfig
+++ b/configs/wb50n_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_AT91=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x23f00000
 CONFIG_TARGET_WB50N=y
+CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=8
+CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/doc/README.atmel_pmecc b/doc/README.atmel_pmecc
index 274d860f06..c86d085779 100644
--- a/doc/README.atmel_pmecc
+++ b/doc/README.atmel_pmecc
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ To use PMECC in this driver, the user needs to set:
 	2. The PMECC sector size: CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE.
 	   It only can be 512 or 1024.
 
-Take AT91SAM9X5EK as an example, the board definition file likes:
+Take 'configs/at91sam9x5ek_nandflash_defconfig' as an example, the board
+configuration file has the following entries:
 
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC		1
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC	1
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP		2
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE	512
+	CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=2
+	CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE=512
+	CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 
 How to enable PMECC header for direct programmable boot.bin
 -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ sama5d3 SoC spec (as of 03. April 2014) defines how this PMECC header has to
 look like. In order to do so we have a new image type added to mkimage to
 generate this PMECC header and integrated this into the build process of SPL.
 
-To enable the generation of atmel PMECC header for SPL one need to define
+To enable the generation of atmel PMECC header for SPL one needs to define
 CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER. The required parameters are taken from
 board configuration and compiled into the host tools atmel_pmecc_params. This
 tool will be called in build process to parametrize mkimage for atmelimage
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/Kconfig
index ffc6cc98aa..b55c5d2b28 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/Kconfig
@@ -18,10 +18,49 @@ config SYS_NAND_DRIVER_ECC_LAYOUT
 config NAND_ATMEL
 	bool "Support Atmel NAND controller"
 	imply SYS_NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT
+	select SYS_NAND_DRIVER_ECC_LAYOUT
 	help
 	  Enable this driver for NAND flash platforms using an Atmel NAND
 	  controller.
 
+if NAND_ATMEL
+
+config ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
+	bool "Atmel Hardware ECC"
+	default n
+
+config ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
+	bool "Atmel Programmable Multibit ECC (PMECC)"
+	depends on NAND_BOOT
+	select ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
+	default n
+	help
+	  The Programmable Multibit ECC (PMECC) controller is a programmable
+	  binary BCH(Bose, Chaudhuri and Hocquenghem) encoder and decoder.
+
+config PMECC_CAP
+	int "PMECC Correctable ECC Bits"
+	depends on ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
+	default 2
+	help
+	  Correctable ECC bits, can be 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24.
+
+config PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE
+	int "PMECC Sector Size"
+	depends on ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
+	default 512
+	help
+	  Sector size, in bytes, can be 512 or 1024.
+
+config SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
+	bool "Atmel PMECC Header Generation"
+	select ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
+	default y
+	help
+	  Generate Programmable Multibit ECC (PMECC) header for SPL image.
+
+endif
+
 config NAND_DAVINCI
 	bool "Support TI Davinci NAND controller"
 	help
diff --git a/include/configs/at91sam9n12ek.h b/include/configs/at91sam9n12ek.h
index 6cd267eee6..777a99b730 100644
--- a/include/configs/at91sam9n12ek.h
+++ b/include/configs/at91sam9n12ek.h
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_READY_PIN	GPIO_PIN_PD(5)
 #endif
 
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP		2
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE	512
-
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS                                       \
 	"console=console=ttyS0,115200\0"                                \
 	"mtdparts="CONFIG_MTDPARTS_DEFAULT"\0"					\
@@ -177,6 +171,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		64
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
-#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/at91sam9x5ek.h b/include/configs/at91sam9x5ek.h
index 63305a7cdd..6adb965c3c 100644
--- a/include/configs/at91sam9x5ek.h
+++ b/include/configs/at91sam9x5ek.h
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_READY_PIN	AT91_PIN_PD5
 #endif
 
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC		1
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC	1
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP		2
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE	512
-
 /* USB */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_USB
 #ifndef CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD
@@ -151,6 +145,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		64
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
-#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
index d0d8087ca3..8a9a19d38e 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
@@ -43,14 +43,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MASK_CLE	(1 << 22)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
 #endif
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP		4
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE	512
 
 /* USB */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_USB
 #define CONFIG_USB_ATMEL
 #define CONFIG_USB_ATMEL_CLK_SEL_UPLL
@@ -88,6 +82,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		64
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
-#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d3xek.h b/include/configs/sama5d3xek.h
index 4d3c3b8314..ca1c2b0861 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d3xek.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d3xek.h
@@ -62,14 +62,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MASK_CLE	(1 << 22)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
 #endif
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP		4
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE	512
 
 /* USB */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_USB
 #define CONFIG_USB_ATMEL_CLK_SEL_UPLL
 #define CONFIG_USB_OHCI_NEW
@@ -109,6 +103,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		64
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
-#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d4_xplained.h b/include/configs/sama5d4_xplained.h
index 7f8ac178f3..bbb16993ec 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d4_xplained.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d4_xplained.h
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 /* our CLE is AD22 */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MASK_CLE	(1 << 22)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
 #endif
 
 /* SPL */
@@ -64,8 +61,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
 #endif
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP		8
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE	512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x40000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE	0x1000
@@ -73,6 +68,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		224
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x40000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
-#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d4ek.h b/include/configs/sama5d4ek.h
index aa8573d8ba..d58041650c 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d4ek.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d4ek.h
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 /* our CLE is AD22 */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MASK_CLE	(1 << 22)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
 #endif
 
 /* SPL */
@@ -63,8 +60,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
 #endif
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP		8
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE	512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x40000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE	0x1000
@@ -72,6 +67,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		224
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x40000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
-#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/wb45n.h b/include/configs/wb45n.h
index b516b66c35..add4019b31 100644
--- a/include/configs/wb45n.h
+++ b/include/configs/wb45n.h
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ENABLE_PIN  AT91_PIN_PD4
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_READY_PIN   AT91_PIN_PD5
 
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC     1
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC  1
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP            4
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE    512
-
 #define CONFIG_RBTREE
 #define CONFIG_LZO
 
@@ -141,6 +135,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE     64
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE  0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS   0x0
-#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif				/* __CONFIG_H__ */
diff --git a/include/configs/wb50n.h b/include/configs/wb50n.h
index 40ca9d602b..2684b6c16c 100644
--- a/include/configs/wb50n.h
+++ b/include/configs/wb50n.h
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@
 /* our CLE is AD22 */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MASK_CLE    (1 << 22)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
-/* PMECC & PMERRLOC */
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
-#define CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_CAP            8
-#define CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE    512
 
 /* Ethernet Hardware */
 #define CONFIG_MACB
@@ -118,6 +113,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE     64
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE  0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS   0x0
-#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index 6fee575a43..38c153f829 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD_BGR555
 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD_RGB565
 CONFIG_ATMEL_LEGACY
 CONFIG_ATMEL_MCI_8BIT
-CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HWECC
-CONFIG_ATMEL_NAND_HW_PMECC
 CONFIG_ATMEL_SPI0
 CONFIG_AT_TRANS
 CONFIG_AUTO_ZRELADDR
@@ -1502,8 +1500,6 @@ CONFIG_PLATINUM_PROJECT
 CONFIG_PM
 CONFIG_PMC_BR_PRELIM
 CONFIG_PMC_OR_PRELIM
-CONFIG_PMECC_CAP
-CONFIG_PMECC_SECTOR_SIZE
 CONFIG_PME_PLAT_CLK_DIV
 CONFIG_PMU
 CONFIG_PMW_BASE
@@ -1868,7 +1864,6 @@ CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
 CONFIG_SPL_GD_ADDR
-CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
 CONFIG_SPL_JR0_LIODN_NS
 CONFIG_SPL_JR0_LIODN_S
