diff --git a/examples/default/Makefile b/examples/default/Makefile
index 56c4e65682..705ef541c8 100644
--- a/examples/default/Makefile
+++ b/examples/default/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RIOTBASE ?= $(CURDIR)/../..
 # Uncomment these lines if you want to use platform support from external
 # repositories:
 #RIOTCPU ?= $(CURDIR)/../../RIOT/thirdparty_cpu
-#RIOTBOARD ?= $(CURDIR)/../../RIOT/thirdparty_boards
+#BOARDSDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/../../RIOT/thirdparty_boards
 
 # Uncomment this to enable scheduler statistics for ps:
 #USEMODULE += schedstatistics
diff --git a/examples/riot_and_cpp/Makefile b/examples/riot_and_cpp/Makefile
index 37de5c7646..146c8e5ecd 100644
--- a/examples/riot_and_cpp/Makefile
+++ b/examples/riot_and_cpp/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RIOTBASE ?= $(CURDIR)/../..
 # Uncomment these lines if you want to use platform support from external
 # repositories:
 #RIOTCPU ?= $(CURDIR)/../../../thirdparty_cpu
-#RIOTBOARD ?= $(CURDIR)/../../../thirdparty_boards
+#BOARDSDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/../../../thirdparty_boards
 
 # Uncomment this to enable scheduler statistics for ps:
 #CFLAGS += -DSCHEDSTATISTICS