diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index dd062a1c8cf0..7936f548e071 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "sched.h"
 
-#define SUGOV_KTHREAD_PRIORITY	50
-
 struct sugov_tunables {
 	struct gov_attr_set attr_set;
 	unsigned int rate_limit_us;