diff --git a/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/Makefile.inc b/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/Makefile.inc
index d64fcb35ec..f9b4e9890b 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 bootblock-y += bootblock.c
 
-ramstage-y += ramstage.c
+ramstage-y += mainboard.c
 
 CPPFLAGS_common += -I$(src)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/include
 
diff --git a/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/mainboard.c b/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/mainboard.c
index 0380c9848c..92718e8c0d 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/mainboard.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/mainboard.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <mainboard.h>
 #include <device/device.h>
+#include <soc/ramstage.h>
+#include <variant/gpio.h>
 
 __weak void variant_mainboard_init(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ __weak void variant_mainboard_init(struct device *dev)
 static void mainboard_init(struct device *dev)
 {
 	/* do common init */
-	// placeholder for common mainboard initialization
+	gpio_configure_pads(gpio_table, ARRAY_SIZE(gpio_table));
 
 	/* do variant init */
 	variant_mainboard_init(dev);
diff --git a/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/ramstage.c b/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/ramstage.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9262e2ec1d..0000000000
--- a/src/mainboard/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/ramstage.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-
-#include <soc/ramstage.h>
-#include <variant/gpio.h>
-
-void mainboard_silicon_init_params(FSP_SIL_UPD *params)
-{
-	/* Configure pads prior to SiliconInit() in case there's any
-	   dependencies during hardware initialization. */
-	gpio_configure_pads(gpio_table, ARRAY_SIZE(gpio_table));
-}