diff --git a/boards/common/atmega/board.c b/boards/common/atmega/board.c
index e44c0fd742..17ce8c1884 100644
--- a/boards/common/atmega/board.c
+++ b/boards/common/atmega/board.c
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
 
 void led_init(void);
 
-/*
- * Add an empty led_init() as fall back.
- * If at link time another implementation of led_init() not marked as weak
- * (a.k.a. a strong symbol) is present, it will be linked in instead.
- */
-void __attribute__((weak)) led_init(void) {}
-
 void board_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CPU_ATMEGA32U4