diff --git a/sys/Makefile.dep b/sys/Makefile.dep
index d0aef926af..550846cd86 100644
--- a/sys/Makefile.dep
+++ b/sys/Makefile.dep
@@ -543,10 +543,6 @@ ifneq (,$(filter event_timeout,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += ztimer_usec
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(filter event_periodic,$(USEMODULE)))
-  USEMODULE += event_timeout_ztimer
-endif
-
 ifneq (,$(filter event,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += core_thread_flags
 endif
diff --git a/sys/event/Kconfig b/sys/event/Kconfig
index 255debe040..876445ab6e 100644
--- a/sys/event/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/event/Kconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ if MODULE_EVENT
 
 config MODULE_EVENT_PERIODIC
     bool "Provides functionality to trigger periodic events"
-    depends on MODULE_EVENT_TIMEOUT_ZTIMER
 
 config MODULE_EVENT_CALLBACK
     bool "Support for callback-with-argument event type"