diff --git a/drivers/include/periph/adc.h b/drivers/include/periph/adc.h
index 2f7a1d685b0ca021534e46da81594ca0c79bb600..557df3d5dc60fa046e1c2d49395f2ca142a33214 100644
--- a/drivers/include/periph/adc.h
+++ b/drivers/include/periph/adc.h
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/**
- * @brief   Make sure the number of available ADC lines is defined
- * @{
- */
-#ifndef ADC_NUMOF
-#error "ADC_NUMOF undefined"
-#endif
-/** @} */
-
 /**
  * @brief   Define default ADC type identifier
  * @{
diff --git a/drivers/include/periph/dac.h b/drivers/include/periph/dac.h
index 27f5fc0bce946af38189d56c8db95c15acc0ae6b..f49e32b5fa1ed2171c06b5d8da4666369eedb3ea 100644
--- a/drivers/include/periph/dac.h
+++ b/drivers/include/periph/dac.h
@@ -48,15 +48,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/**
- * @brief   Make sure the number of available DAC lines is defined
- * @{
- */
-#ifndef DAC_NUMOF
-#define "DAC_NUMOF undefined"
-#endif
-/** @} */
-
 /**
  * @brief   Define default DAC type identifier
  * @{
diff --git a/drivers/include/periph/uart.h b/drivers/include/periph/uart.h
index adf99d2277b42ae120cabd9ce1ddab2297e3ada4..7ef5e0ad4af116f03ee7f792e47a0232e483fb61 100644
--- a/drivers/include/periph/uart.h
+++ b/drivers/include/periph/uart.h
@@ -57,15 +57,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/**
- * @brief   Make sure the number of available UART devices is defined
- * @{
- */
-#ifndef UART_NUMOF
-#error "UART_NUMOF undefined for the target platform"
-#endif
-/** @} */
-
 /**
  * @brief   Define default UART type identifier
  * @{