diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx1.h b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx1.h
index c45bf5f5b90c..8476a15dbfc0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx1.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx1.h
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 
 #include <mach/vmalloc.h>
 
-/*
- * defines the hardware clock tick rate
- */
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE	16000000
-
 #define PHYS_OFFSET	UL(0x08000000)
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx27.h b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx27.h
index 55bcbd5e073a..ae8637471ae8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx27.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx27.h
@@ -289,9 +289,6 @@ extern int mx27_revision(void);
 /* this CPU supports up to 192 GPIOs (don't forget the baseboard!) */
 #define ARCH_NR_GPIOS		(192 + 16)
 
-/* OS clock tick rate */
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE         13300000
-
 /* Start of RAM */
 #define PHYS_OFFSET		SDRAM_BASE_ADDR
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx31.h b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx31.h
index 65c3109b5192..2f6d9fc0ab23 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx31.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx31.h
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 #error "Do not include directly."
 #endif
 
-/*!
- * defines the hardware clock tick rate
- */
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		16625000
-
 /*
  * MX31 memory map:
  *
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/timex.h b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/timex.h
index 0b0af0253e91..07b4a73c9d2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/timex.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/timex.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_ARCH_MXC_TIMEX_H__
 #define __ASM_ARCH_MXC_TIMEX_H__
 
-#include <mach/hardware.h>	/* for CLOCK_TICK_RATE */
+#if defined CONFIG_ARCH_MX1
+#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		16000000
+#elif defined CONFIG_ARCH_MX2
+#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		13300000
+#elif defined CONFIG_ARCH_MX3
+#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		16625000
+#endif
 
 #endif				/* __ASM_ARCH_MXC_TIMEX_H__ */