diff --git a/cpu/native/Makefile.include b/cpu/native/Makefile.include
index d2c6cf9af8..b6161e496a 100644
--- a/cpu/native/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/native/Makefile.include
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ ifeq ($(BUILDOSXNATIVE),1)
     export NATIVEINCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/malloc/include
 endif
 
-export USEMODULE += periph hwtimer_compat
+export USEMODULE += periph
diff --git a/cpu/native/include/hwtimer_cpu.h b/cpu/native/include/hwtimer_cpu.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e4ba477c1..0000000000
--- a/cpu/native/include/hwtimer_cpu.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Native CPU hwtimer_cpu configuration
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2013 Ludwig Ortmann <ludwig.ortmann@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- *
- * @{
- * @ingroup native_hwtimer
- * @file
- * @author  Ludwig Ortmann <ludwig.ortmann@fu-berlin.de>
- * @}
- */
-
-#include "periph_conf.h"
-
-#ifndef HWTIMER_CPU_H_
-#define HWTIMER_CPU_H_
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#define HWTIMER_MAXTIMERS 1
-#define HWTIMER_SPEED 1000000
-#define HWTIMER_MAXTICKS (0xFFFFFFFF)
-#define HWTIMER_SPIN_BARRIER NATIVE_TIMER_MIN_RES
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* HWTIMER_CPU_H_ */