diff --git a/src/mainboard/amd/birman/Makefile.inc b/src/mainboard/amd/birman/Makefile.inc
index a19cb35392..6255ff07c7 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/amd/birman/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/mainboard/amd/birman/Makefile.inc
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ else
 files_added:: warn_no_apcb
 endif
 
-PHONY+=warn_no_apcb
-warn_no_apcb:
-	printf "\n\t** WARNING **\n"
-	printf "coreboot has been built without an APCB.\n"
-	printf "This image will not boot.\n\n"
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BIRMAN_HAVE_MCHP_FW),y)
 $(call add_intermediate, add_mchp_fw)
 	$(CBFSTOOL) $(obj)/coreboot.pre write -r EC -f $(CONFIG_BIRMAN_MCHP_SIG_FILE) --fill-upward
diff --git a/src/soc/amd/common/Makefile.inc b/src/soc/amd/common/Makefile.inc
index 1c145128c3..a72f0dc706 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/common/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/soc/amd/common/Makefile.inc
@@ -49,4 +49,10 @@ endif # ifneq ($(CONFIG_AMDFW_CONFIG_FILE), )
 
 MAINBOARD_BLOBS_DIR := $(call strip_quotes, $(CONFIG_APCB_BLOBS_DIR))
 
+PHONY+=warn_no_apcb
+warn_no_apcb:
+	printf "\n\t** WARNING **\n"
+	printf "coreboot has been built without an APCB.\n"
+	printf "This image will not boot.\n\n"
+
 endif # ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOC_AMD_COMMON),y)