diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l1/Makefile.dep b/boards/nucleo-l1/Makefile.dep
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+++ b/boards/nucleo-l1/Makefile.dep
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+include $(RIOTBOARD)/nucleo-common/Makefile.dep