diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/sarien/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/google/sarien/Kconfig
index 8dab0e0a82..c0c5e02387 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/sarien/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/sarien/Kconfig
@@ -103,11 +103,6 @@ config VBOOT
 	select HAS_RECOVERY_MRC_CACHE
 	select VBOOT_LID_SWITCH
 
-# Override the default variant behavior, since the data.vbt is the same
-# for all variants.
-config INTEL_GMA_VBT_FILE
-	default "src/mainboard/\$(MAINBOARDDIR)/data.vbt"
-
 config FMDFILE
 	default "src/mainboard/\$(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_DIR)/default.fmd" if !CHROMEOS
 
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/sarien/variants/arcada/data.vbt b/src/mainboard/google/sarien/variants/arcada/data.vbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99968705ee
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diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/sarien/data.vbt b/src/mainboard/google/sarien/variants/sarien/data.vbt
similarity index 75%
rename from src/mainboard/google/sarien/data.vbt
rename to src/mainboard/google/sarien/variants/sarien/data.vbt
index f9c498e45c..0fb57722a2 100644
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