diff --git a/soc/riscv32/openisa_rv32m1/Kconfig.defconfig b/soc/riscv32/openisa_rv32m1/Kconfig.defconfig
index 3b35faa638cc5a..07dd337061efe2 100644
--- a/soc/riscv32/openisa_rv32m1/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/soc/riscv32/openisa_rv32m1/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ config RISCV32_RV32M1_VECTOR_SIZE
 
 config SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC
 	int
-	default 8000000 if SOC_OPENISA_RV32M1_RI5CY # SIRC at 8MHz
+	default 8000000
 
 if MULTI_LEVEL_INTERRUPTS