diff --git a/drivers/include/periph/pwm.h b/drivers/include/periph/pwm.h
index 3a0e302d01f6d37d8d2cc846506131a4dbae85e6..3b496ae4624907180a2ce8f16438b95d67d13fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/include/periph/pwm.h
+++ b/drivers/include/periph/pwm.h
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/**
- * @brief   Make sure the number of available PWM devices is defined
- */
-#ifndef PWM_NUMOF
-#error "PWM_NUMOF undefined for the target platform"
-#endif
-
 /**
  * @brief   Default PWM access macro
  * @{