diff --git a/drivers/dht/include/dht_params.h b/drivers/dht/include/dht_params.h
index 333678face..3bdd3dc981 100644
--- a/drivers/dht/include/dht_params.h
+++ b/drivers/dht/include/dht_params.h
@@ -67,12 +67,9 @@ static const dht_params_t dht_params[] =
 /**
  * @brief   Allocate and configure entries to the SAUL registry
  */
-static const saul_reg_info_t dht_saul_info[][2] =
+static const saul_reg_info_t dht_saul_reg_info[] =
 {
-    {
-        { .name = "dht-temp" },
-        { .name = "dht-hum" }
-    }
+    { .name = "dht" }
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/include/dht.h b/drivers/include/dht.h
index 783136fc29..e937750479 100644
--- a/drivers/include/dht.h
+++ b/drivers/include/dht.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "saul.h"
 #include "periph/gpio.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -78,14 +77,6 @@ typedef struct {
  */
 typedef dht_t dht_params_t;
 
-/**
- * @brief export SAUL endpoints
- * @{
- */
-extern const saul_driver_t dht_temp_saul_driver;
-extern const saul_driver_t dht_hum_saul_driver;
-/** @} */
-
 /**
  * @brief auto-initialize all configured DHT devices
  */
diff --git a/sys/auto_init/saul/auto_init_dht.c b/sys/auto_init/saul/auto_init_dht.c
index 2d711095d3..3d687d6d90 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/saul/auto_init_dht.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/saul/auto_init_dht.c
@@ -23,27 +23,35 @@
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "saul_reg.h"
-#include "dht.h"
 #include "dht_params.h"
+#include "dht.h"
 
 /**
  * @brief   Define the number of configured sensors
  */
-#define DHT_NUM    (sizeof(dht_params) / sizeof(dht_params[0]))
+#define DHT_NUMOF   (sizeof(dht_params) / sizeof(dht_params[0]))
 
 /**
  * @brief   Allocate memory for the device descriptors
  */
-static dht_t dht_devs[DHT_NUM];
+static dht_t dht_devs[DHT_NUMOF];
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Import SAUL endpoints
+ * @{
+ */
+extern const saul_driver_t dht_temp_saul_driver;
+extern const saul_driver_t dht_hum_saul_driver;
+/** @} */
 
 /**
  * @brief   Memory for the SAUL registry entries
  */
-static saul_reg_t saul_entries[DHT_NUM * 2];
+static saul_reg_t saul_entries[DHT_NUMOF * 2];
 
 void auto_init_dht(void)
 {
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DHT_NUM; i++) {
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < DHT_NUMOF; i++) {
         LOG_DEBUG("[auto_init_saul] initializing dht #%u\n", i);
 
         if (dht_init(&dht_devs[i], &dht_params[i]) != DHT_OK) {
@@ -52,10 +60,10 @@ void auto_init_dht(void)
         }
 
         saul_entries[(i * 2)].dev = &(dht_devs[i]);
-        saul_entries[(i * 2)].name = dht_saul_info[i][0].name;
+        saul_entries[(i * 2)].name = dht_saul_reg_info[i].name;
         saul_entries[(i * 2)].driver = &dht_temp_saul_driver;
         saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1].dev = &(dht_devs[i]);
-        saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1].name = dht_saul_info[i][1].name;
+        saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1].name = dht_saul_reg_info[i].name;
         saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1].driver = &dht_hum_saul_driver;
         saul_reg_add(&(saul_entries[(i * 2)]));
         saul_reg_add(&(saul_entries[(i * 2) + 1]));