diff --git a/tests/float/Makefile b/tests/float/Makefile
index 86969ac9ac..24bb481657 100644
--- a/tests/float/Makefile
+++ b/tests/float/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 include ../Makefile.tests_common
 
-# for native we can go do a couple of more operations in reasonable time...
-ifneq (,$(filter native,$(BOARD)))
-  CFLAGS += -DTEST_ITER=100000000
-endif
-
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include