diff --git a/cpu/mips_pic32mx/Makefile.include b/cpu/mips_pic32mx/Makefile.include
index 8fb34a48a0..04e12dff57 100644
--- a/cpu/mips_pic32mx/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/mips_pic32mx/Makefile.include
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ OFLAGS += \
 ifneq (,$(filter cpp,$(FEATURES_USED)))
 OFLAGS += --change-section-lma .gcc_except_table-0x80000000
 endif
+
+# system objcopy is not able to generate a binfile for MIPS
+BINFILE =
diff --git a/cpu/mips_pic32mz/Makefile.include b/cpu/mips_pic32mz/Makefile.include
index 6d55196fae..051b8171f5 100644
--- a/cpu/mips_pic32mz/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/mips_pic32mz/Makefile.include
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ OFLAGS += \
 ifneq (,$(filter cpp,$(FEATURES_USED)))
 OFLAGS += --change-section-lma .gcc_except_table-0x80000000
 endif
+
+# system objcopy is not able to generate a binfile for MIPS
+BINFILE =