diff --git a/boards/maple-mini/Makefile.include b/boards/maple-mini/Makefile.include
index ce0aa455791a6d3cced45383f0ba036320ba0837..0214ae65681ebaa6c7357a5c76544e6d576134bd 100644
--- a/boards/maple-mini/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/maple-mini/Makefile.include
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ PORT_DARWIN ?= $(firstword $(sort $(wildcard /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART*)))
 include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/serial.inc.mk
 
 export DEBUG_ADAPTER ?= stlink
-export STLINK_VERSION ?= 2-1
 
 # this board uses openocd
 include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/openocd.inc.mk
diff --git a/boards/maple-mini/dist/openocd.cfg b/boards/maple-mini/dist/openocd.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 43022477c48557620bc8c3c3d8fde8cdaf3010a3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/boards/maple-mini/dist/openocd.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-source [find target/stm32f1x.cfg]
-
-reset_config srst_only