diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.board b/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.board
deleted file mode 100644
index 257da26fd03..00000000000
--- a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.board
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021, Teslabs Engineering S.L.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-config BOARD_GD32F450I_EVAL
-	bool "GigaDevice GD32F450I-EVAL"
-	depends on SOC_GD32F450
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.defconfig b/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.defconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d7624c751e..00000000000
--- a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021 Teslabs Engineering S.L.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-if BOARD_GD32F450I_EVAL
-
-config BOARD
-	default "gd32f450i_eval"
-
-endif # BOARD_GD32F450I_EVAL
diff --git a/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.gd32f450i_eval b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.gd32f450i_eval
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04574e6b6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/Kconfig.gd32f450i_eval
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Nordic Semiconductor ASA
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+config BOARD_GD32F450I_EVAL
+	select SOC_GD32F450
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/board.cmake b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/board.cmake
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/board.cmake
rename to boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/board.cmake
diff --git a/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/board.yml b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/board.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b1431dd4b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/board.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+board:
+  name: gd32f450i_eval
+  vendor: GigaDevice Semiconductor
+  socs:
+    - name: gd32f450
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/doc/img/gd32f450i_eval.webp b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/doc/img/gd32f450i_eval.webp
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/doc/img/gd32f450i_eval.webp
rename to boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/doc/img/gd32f450i_eval.webp
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/doc/index.rst b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/doc/index.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/doc/index.rst
rename to boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/doc/index.rst
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval-pinctrl.dtsi b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval-pinctrl.dtsi
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval-pinctrl.dtsi
rename to boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval-pinctrl.dtsi
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval.dts b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval.dts
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval.dts
rename to boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval.dts
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval.yaml b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval.yaml
rename to boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval.yaml
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval_defconfig b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval_defconfig
similarity index 71%
rename from boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval_defconfig
rename to boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval_defconfig
index 57db7c521eb..07ba35284c3 100644
--- a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval_defconfig
+++ b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/gd32f450i_eval_defconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021, Teslabs Engineering S.L.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-CONFIG_SOC_SERIES_GD32F4XX=y
-CONFIG_SOC_GD32F450=y
-CONFIG_BOARD_GD32F450I_EVAL=y
-
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 CONFIG_HW_STACK_PROTECTION=y
 
diff --git a/boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/support/openocd.cfg b/boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/support/openocd.cfg
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm/gd32f450i_eval/support/openocd.cfg
rename to boards/v2/gd/gd32f450i_eval/support/openocd.cfg