diff --git a/boot.mk b/boot.mk
index cf07939..6695362 100644
--- a/boot.mk
+++ b/boot.mk
@@ -6,26 +6,14 @@
 
 boot: $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot.img
 
-$(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot.img: $(PRODUCT_OUT)/u-boot.imx \
-                         $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/KERNEL_OBJ/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-imx8mq-phanbell.dtb \
-                         $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/KERNEL_OBJ/arch/arm64/boot/Image \
-                         $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/BOOT_OBJ/boot.scr
-	mkdir -p $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot
-	cp $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/BOOT_OBJ/boot.scr \
-	   $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/KERNEL_OBJ/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-imx8mq-phanbell.dtb \
-	   $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/KERNEL_OBJ/arch/arm64/boot/Image \
-		 $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot/
-	genext2fs -d $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot/ -B 4096 -b 32768 $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot.img
-
-$(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/BOOT_OBJ/boot.scr: $(HOST_OUT)/bin/mkimage
-	mkdir -p $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/BOOT_OBJ
-	$(HOST_OUT)/bin/mkimage -A arm -T script -O linux -d $(ROOTDIR)/board/boot.txt $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/BOOT_OBJ/boot.scr
+$(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot.img:
+	fallocate -l 128M $@
+	mkfs.ext2 -F $@
 
 targets::
 	@echo "boot - builds the kernel and boot partition"
 
 clean::
 	rm -f $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot.img
-	rm -rf $(PRODUCT_OUT)/obj/BOOT_OBJ
 
 .PHONY:: boot