diff --git a/boards/iotlab-m3/include/at86rf2xx_params.h b/boards/iotlab-m3/include/at86rf2xx_params.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 55f272773..000000000
--- a/boards/iotlab-m3/include/at86rf2xx_params.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- */
-
-/**
- * @ingroup   board_iotlab-m3
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief     at86rf231 board specific configuration
- *
- * @author    Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- */
-
-#ifndef AT86RF2XX_PARAMS_H_
-#define AT86RF2XX_PARAMS_H_
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @name AT86RF231 configuration
- */
-static const  at86rf2xx_params_t at86rf2xx_params[] =
-    {
-        {
-            .spi = AT86RF231_SPI,
-            .spi_speed = AT86RF231_SPI_CLK,
-            .cs_pin = AT86RF231_CS,
-            .int_pin = AT86RF231_INT,
-            .sleep_pin = AT86RF231_SLEEP,
-            .reset_pin = AT86RF231_RESET,
-        },
-    };
-/** @} */
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-#endif /* AT86RF2XX_PARAMS_H_ */
-/** @} */
diff --git a/boards/iotlab-m3/include/board.h b/boards/iotlab-m3/include/board.h
index 36aeed2b7..2e2ddf217 100644
--- a/boards/iotlab-m3/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/iotlab-m3/include/board.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Freie Universität Berlin
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Freie Universität Berlin
  *
  * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General
  * Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level directory for more
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /**
  * @name Define the interface to the AT86RF231 radio
- * @{
+ *
+ * {spi bus, spi speed, cs pin, int pin, reset pin, sleep pin}
  */
-#define AT86RF231_SPI       SPI_0
-#define AT86RF231_CS        GPIO_PIN(PORT_A,4)
-#define AT86RF231_INT       GPIO_PIN(PORT_C,4)
-#define AT86RF231_RESET     GPIO_PIN(PORT_C,1)
-#define AT86RF231_SLEEP     GPIO_PIN(PORT_A,2)
-#define AT86RF231_SPI_CLK   SPI_SPEED_5MHZ
-/** @} */
+#define AT86RF2XX_PARAMS_BOARD      {.spi = SPI_0, \
+                                     .spi_speed = SPI_SPEED_5MHZ, \
+                                     .cs_pin = GPIO_PIN(PORT_A, 4), \
+                                     .int_pin = GPIO_PIN(PORT_C, 4), \
+                                     .sleep_pin = GPIO_PIN(PORT_A, 2), \
+                                     .reset_pin = GPIO_PIN(PORT_C, 1)}
 
 /**
  * @name Define the interface for the connected flash memory