diff --git a/boards/msba2/include/board.h b/boards/msba2/include/board.h
index 2b1102d0c0057f39fd0c88a1dab2cb3bc70d8b9e..f32db9ea831bc5fe708425071fd5e44aa26e9952 100644
--- a/boards/msba2/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/msba2/include/board.h
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ extern "C" {
 /** @} */
 
 /**
- * @brief Deprecated HW_TIMER definition (to be removed)
+ * @name xtimer tuning values
+ * @{
  */
-#define HW_TIMER             TIMER_DEV(0)
+#define XTIMER_OVERHEAD     7
+#define XTIMER_SHOOT_EARLY  3
+/** @} */
 
 /**
  * @brief initialize the board's clock system
diff --git a/cpu/lpc2387/Makefile.include b/cpu/lpc2387/Makefile.include
index 5af6269d11916d39ef8e62475692e7aed658ff0a..438dbb2c882ce33e3c8d674ff01ed6764fea329f 100644
--- a/cpu/lpc2387/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/lpc2387/Makefile.include
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTCPU)/lpc2387/include
 
 include $(RIOTCPU)/arm7_common/Makefile.include
 
-USEMODULE += arm7_common periph periph_common bitfield newlib hwtimer_compat
+USEMODULE += arm7_common periph periph_common bitfield newlib