diff --git a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg
index 64fc8452f8..3a4c4fb792 100644
--- a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg
+++ b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-image boot.vfat {
-	vfat {
-		files = {
-			"zImage",
-			"imxrt1050-evk.dtb",
-		}
-	}
-
-	size = 8M
-}
-
 image sdcard.img {
 	hdimage {
 	}
@@ -27,12 +16,6 @@ image sdcard.img {
 		size = 512K
 	}
 
-	partition boot {
-		partition-type = 0xc
-		bootable = "true"
-		image = "boot.vfat"
-	}
-
 	partition rootfs {
 		partition-type = 0x83
 		image = "rootfs.ext4"
diff --git a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/rootfs_overlay/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/rootfs_overlay/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1818d2702d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/rootfs_overlay/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+label buildroot
+	kernel /boot/zImage
+	devicetree /boot/imxrt1050-evk.dtb
+	append console=ttyLP0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw
diff --git a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/uboot.fragment b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/uboot.fragment
deleted file mode 100644
index dd45ca4c29..0000000000
--- a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/uboot.fragment
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
-CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="setenv bootargs console=ttyLP0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw earlycon rootwait;load mmc 0:1 0x80800000 imxrt1050-evk.dtb;load mmc 0:1 0x80000000 zImage;bootz 0x80000000 - 0x80800000"
diff --git a/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig b/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
index 8a515a9260..fce2b831f3 100644
--- a/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_m7=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_7=y
+BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/rootfs_overlay"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
@@ -9,15 +10,16 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.7"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="imxrt"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="nxp/imx/imxrt1050-evk"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="16M"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2024.01"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2025.07"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="imxrt1050-evk"
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/uboot.fragment"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_IMG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y