diff --git a/cpu/lpc1768/Makefile b/cpu/lpc1768/Makefile
index c2c340da13..08e25a221a 100644
--- a/cpu/lpc1768/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/lpc1768/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-MODULE =cpu
-
-OBJECTS = system_LPC17xx.o startup_LPC17xx.o main.o
-
-CC_SYMBOLS = -DTARGET_LPC1769 -DTOOLCHAIN_GCC_ARM -DNDEBUG -D__CORTEX_M3
-
-LD_FLAGS = -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb -Wl,--gc-sections,-Map=$(APPLICATION).map,--cref --specs=nano.specs
-LD_SYS_LIBS = -lc -lgcc -lnosys
+MODULE = cpu
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
-
-# This is needed for NXP Cortex M devices
-nxpsum:
-	$(CCLOCAL) nxpsum.c -std=c99 -o nxpsum
-
-#$(APPLICATION).elf: $(OBJECTS) $(SYS_OBJECTS)
-#	$(LD) $(LD_FLAGS) -T$(LINKER_SCRIPT) $(LIBRARY_PATHS) -o $@ $(addprefix $(BUILD_DIR), $^) $(LIBRARIES) $(LD_SYS_LIBS) $(LIBRARIES) $(LD_SYS_LIBS)
-
-$(APPLICATION).bin: $(APPLICATION).elf nxpsum
-	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $< $@
-	# Compute nxp checksum on .bin file here
-	./nxpsum $@