diff --git a/boards/sensebox_samd21/Kconfig b/boards/sensebox_samd21/Kconfig
index d5965d20c2..3ef03391db 100644
--- a/boards/sensebox_samd21/Kconfig
+++ b/boards/sensebox_samd21/Kconfig
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ config BOARD_SENSEBOX_SAMD21
 
     select HAVE_SAUL_GPIO
 
+    select HAVE_MTD_SDCARD_DEFAULT
+    select MODULE_FATFS_VFS if MODULE_VFS_DEFAULT
+
 source "$(RIOTBOARD)/common/samdx1-arduino-bootloader/Kconfig"
diff --git a/boards/sensebox_samd21/Makefile.dep b/boards/sensebox_samd21/Makefile.dep
index 716e2eadfb..f9febd99fd 100644
--- a/boards/sensebox_samd21/Makefile.dep
+++ b/boards/sensebox_samd21/Makefile.dep
@@ -2,5 +2,15 @@ ifneq (,$(filter saul_default,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += saul_gpio
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter mtd,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += mtd_sdcard_default
+endif
+
+# default to using fatfs on SD card
+ifneq (,$(filter vfs_default,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += fatfs_vfs
+  USEMODULE += mtd
+endif
+
 # setup the samd21 arduino bootloader related dependencies
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/samdx1-arduino-bootloader/Makefile.dep
diff --git a/boards/sensebox_samd21/Makefile.features b/boards/sensebox_samd21/Makefile.features
index 1d1fab2539..1d7ed3da30 100644
--- a/boards/sensebox_samd21/Makefile.features
+++ b/boards/sensebox_samd21/Makefile.features
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_usbdev
 
 # Put other features for this board (in alphabetical order)
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += highlevel_stdio
+FEATURES_PROVIDED += sdcard_spi
 
 # This configuration enables modules that are only available when using Kconfig
 # module modelling
diff --git a/boards/sensebox_samd21/board.c b/boards/sensebox_samd21/board.c
index 918bd4b14a..ee3a7df0bb 100644
--- a/boards/sensebox_samd21/board.c
+++ b/boards/sensebox_samd21/board.c
@@ -21,26 +21,6 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "board.h"
 #include "periph/gpio.h"
-#include "sdcard_spi_params.h"
-#include "mtd_sdcard.h"
-
-#if defined(MODULE_MTD_SDCARD) || defined(DOXYGEN)
- /* this is provided by the sdcard_spi driver
-  * see drivers/sdcard_spi/sdcard_spi.c */
-extern sdcard_spi_t sdcard_spi_devs[ARRAY_SIZE(sdcard_spi_params)];
-mtd_sdcard_t sensebox_sd_dev = {
-    .base = {
-        .driver = &mtd_sdcard_driver,
-        .page_size = MTD_SD_CARD_PAGE_SIZE,
-        .pages_per_sector = MTD_SD_CARD_PAGES_PER_SECTOR,
-        .sector_count = MTD_SD_CARD_SECTOR_COUNT
-    },
-    .sd_card = &sdcard_spi_devs[0],
-    .params = &sdcard_spi_params[0]
-};
-
-mtd_dev_t *mtd0 = (mtd_dev_t *)&sensebox_sd_dev;
-#endif /* MODULE_MTD_SDCARD || DOXYGEN */
 
 void board_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/boards/sensebox_samd21/include/board.h b/boards/sensebox_samd21/include/board.h
index d2a069d138..ec875cc9ff 100644
--- a/boards/sensebox_samd21/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/sensebox_samd21/include/board.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "periph_conf.h"
 #include "periph_cpu.h"
-#include "mtd_sdcard.h"
+#include "mtd.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -170,23 +170,6 @@ extern "C" {
 extern mtd_dev_t *mtd0;
 #define MTD_0 mtd0
 /** @} */
-
-/**
- * @brief Attributes for the mtd_sdcard driver
- * @{
- */
-#ifndef MTD_SD_CARD_PAGE_SIZE
-#define MTD_SD_CARD_PAGE_SIZE           (512)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef MTD_SD_CARD_PAGES_PER_SECTOR
-#define MTD_SD_CARD_PAGES_PER_SECTOR    (128)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef MTD_SD_CARD_SECTOR_COUNT
-#define MTD_SD_CARD_SECTOR_COUNT        (3921920UL)
-#endif
-/** @} */
 #endif /* MODULE_MTD_SDCARD || DOXYGEN */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus