diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am65xx-evm-k3r5.conf b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am65xx-evm-k3r5.conf
index bd17474e..a484e444 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am65xx-evm-k3r5.conf
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am65xx-evm-k3r5.conf
@@ -9,4 +9,10 @@ SYSFW_CONFIG = "evm"
 SYSFW_SUFFIX = "gp"
 SYSFW_SYMLINK = ""
 
+SPL_BINARY = "spl/u-boot-spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+SPL_SYMLINK = "u-boot-r5spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_BINARY = "tiboot3.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_IMAGE = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_SYMLINK = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "am65x_evm_r5_defconfig"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am65xx-hs-evm-k3r5.conf b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am65xx-hs-evm-k3r5.conf
index d6d4b1e3..81b8c75f 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am65xx-hs-evm-k3r5.conf
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am65xx-hs-evm-k3r5.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ SYSFW_CONFIG = "evm"
 SYSFW_SUFFIX = "hs"
 SYSFW_SYMLINK = ""
 
+SPL_BINARY = "spl/u-boot-spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+SPL_SYMLINK = "u-boot-r5spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_BINARY = "tiboot3.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_IMAGE = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_SYMLINK = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "am65x_hs_evm_r5_defconfig"
 
 TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG = "${TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG_K3}"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/k3r5.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/k3r5.inc
index 3cc79061..d000404e 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/k3r5.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/k3r5.inc
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot = "u-boot-ti-staging"
 
 SPL_BINARY = ""
 UBOOT_SUFFIX = "bin"
-UBOOT_BINARY = "tiboot3.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
-UBOOT_IMAGE = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
-UBOOT_SYMLINK = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_BINARY = "u-boot-spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_IMAGE = "u-boot-r5spl-${MAINMACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_SYMLINK = "u-boot-r5spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG:pn-u-boot-ti-staging = ""
 PACKAGECONFIG:pn-u-boot-ti-mainline = ""
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j721e-evm-k3r5.conf b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j721e-evm-k3r5.conf
index 070bf7aa..9544cdb6 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j721e-evm-k3r5.conf
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j721e-evm-k3r5.conf
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ SYSFW_SOC = "j721e"
 SYSFW_CONFIG = "evm"
 SYSFW_SUFFIX = "gp"
 
+SPL_BINARY = "spl/u-boot-spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+SPL_SYMLINK = "u-boot-r5spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_BINARY = "tiboot3.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_IMAGE = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_SYMLINK = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "j721e_evm_r5_defconfig"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j721e-hs-evm-k3r5.conf b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j721e-hs-evm-k3r5.conf
index 9c285bae..8e53a5cb 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j721e-hs-evm-k3r5.conf
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j721e-hs-evm-k3r5.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ SYSFW_CONFIG = "evm"
 SYSFW_SUFFIX = "hs"
 SYSFW_SYMLINK = ""
 
+SPL_BINARY = "spl/u-boot-spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+SPL_SYMLINK = "u-boot-r5spl.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_BINARY = "tiboot3.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_IMAGE = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+UBOOT_SYMLINK = "tiboot3-${MAINMACHINE}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "j721e_hs_evm_r5_defconfig"
 
 TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG = "${TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG_K3}"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti.inc
index a82981cc..3696a483 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti.inc
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@ SYSROOT_DIRS += "/boot"
 SPL_UART_BINARY = "u-boot-spl.bin"
 SPL_UART_BINARY:k3r5 = ""
 SPL_UART_BINARY:lego-ev3 = ""
-SPL_UART_BINARY:j7200-evm-k3r5 = "u-boot-spl.bin"
-SPL_UART_BINARY:j7200-hs-evm-k3r5 = "u-boot-spl.bin"
-SPL_UART_BINARY:j721s2-evm-k3r5 = "u-boot-spl.bin"
-SPL_UART_BINARY:j721s2-hs-evm-k3r5 = "u-boot-spl.bin"
-SPL_UART_BINARY:am64xx-evm-k3r5 = "u-boot-spl.bin"
-SPL_UART_BINARY:am64xx-hs-evm-k3r5 = "u-boot-spl.bin"
-SPL_UART_BINARY:am62xx-evm-k3r5 = "u-boot-spl.bin"
 
 SPL_UART_IMAGE ?= "${SPL_UART_BINARY}-${MACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}"
 SPL_UART_SYMLINK ?= "${SPL_UART_BINARY}-${MACHINE}"
@@ -100,6 +93,12 @@ UBOOT_HS_2ND_BINARY = "u-boot-spl_HS_2ND"
 UBOOT_HS_2ND_IMAGE = "u-boot-spl_HS_2ND-${MACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}"
 UBOOT_HS_2ND_SYMLINK = "u-boot-spl_HS_2ND-${MACHINE}"
 
+do_compile:append:k3r5 () {
+	if ! [ -f ${B}/${UBOOT_BINARY} ]; then
+		ln -s spl/${UBOOT_BINARY} ${B}/${UBOOT_BINARY}
+	fi
+}
+
 do_install:append () {
 	if [ -n "${UBOOT_CONFIG}" ]
 	then
@@ -260,42 +259,4 @@ do_deploy:append () {
 	rm ${DEPLOYDIR}/${PN}-initial-env-${MACHINE}-${PV}-${PR} || true
 }
 
-# j7200 uses combined image for tiboot3.bin that includes u-boot-spl.bin and sysfw
-# along with board PM/RM configs generated by k3-image-gen and comes from ti-sci-fw
-# hence move the legacy u-boot's tiboot3.bin and u-boot-spl.bin out of the way
-do_deploy:append:j7200-evm-k3r5 () {
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3-r5spl.bin || true
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl-r5spl.bin || true
-}
-
-do_deploy:append:j7200-hs-evm-k3r5 () {
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3-r5spl.bin || true
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl-r5spl.bin || true
-}
-
-do_deploy:append:j721s2-evm-k3r5 () {
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3-r5spl.bin || true
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl-r5spl.bin || true
-}
-
-do_deploy:append:j721s2-hs-evm-k3r5 () {
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3-r5spl.bin || true
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl-r5spl.bin || true
-}
-
-do_deploy:append:am64xx-evm-k3r5 () {
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3-r5spl.bin || true
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl-r5spl.bin || true
-}
-
-do_deploy:append:am64xx-hs-evm-k3r5 () {
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3-r5spl.bin || true
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl-r5spl.bin || true
-}
-
-do_deploy:append:am62xx-evm-k3r5 () {
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/tiboot3-r5spl.bin || true
-	mv ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/u-boot-spl-r5spl.bin || true
-}
-
 TOOLCHAIN = "gcc"