diff --git a/patches/zephyr/0001-boards-link-ugl-board-directory-as-in-tree.patch b/patches/zephyr/0001-boards-link-ugl-board-directory-as-in-tree.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1136cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/zephyr/0001-boards-link-ugl-board-directory-as-in-tree.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 9216faab94006e1f77fb64a3a4b1d73d711a41e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Benedek Kupper <kupper.benedek@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:58:36 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] boards: link ugl board directory as in-tree
+
+---
+ boards/ugl | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+ create mode 120000 boards/ugl
+
+diff --git a/boards/ugl b/boards/ugl
+new file mode 120000
+index 00000000000..a497eea33b5
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/boards/ugl
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++../../firmware-uhk80/boards/ugl
+\ No newline at end of file
+-- 
+2.44.0
+
diff --git a/zephyr/module.yml b/zephyr/module.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f205a997..00000000
--- a/zephyr/module.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-build:
-  settings:
-    # hardware model 2 doesn't work with out-of-tree board roots without this:
-    board_root: .