diff --git a/boards/arduino-due/include/board.h b/boards/arduino-due/include/board.h
index da696b2f4..e489a4bd4 100644
--- a/boards/arduino-due/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/arduino-due/include/board.h
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               (84000000UL)
 
-/**
- * Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Define UART device and baudrate for stdio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/arduino-mega2560/include/board.h b/boards/arduino-mega2560/include/board.h
index 7b9abad02..f1e586732 100644
--- a/boards/arduino-mega2560/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/arduino-mega2560/include/board.h
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               (16000000L)
 
-
-/**
- * Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
 * @name Define UART device and baudrate for stdio
 * @{
diff --git a/boards/avsextrem/include/board.h b/boards/avsextrem/include/board.h
index 3f74a5c9d..579f83824 100644
--- a/boards/avsextrem/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/avsextrem/include/board.h
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @brief Deprecated HW_TIMER definition (to be removed)
- */
-#define HW_TIMER             TIMER_DEV(0)
-
 /**
  * @brief Initialize the board's clock system
  */
diff --git a/boards/cc2538dk/include/board.h b/boards/cc2538dk/include/board.h
index c8ae9a156..a218202ad 100644
--- a/boards/cc2538dk/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/cc2538dk/include/board.h
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               XOSC32M_FREQ
 
-/**
- * Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Define UART device and baudrate for stdio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/ek-lm4f120xl/include/board.h b/boards/ek-lm4f120xl/include/board.h
index 282b2aab7..d5f4e149f 100644
--- a/boards/ek-lm4f120xl/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/ek-lm4f120xl/include/board.h
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Macros for controlling the on-board LEDs.
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/f4vi1/include/board.h b/boards/f4vi1/include/board.h
index 4e264cbd2..3f41d86e7 100644
--- a/boards/f4vi1/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/f4vi1/include/board.h
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               CLOCK_CORECLOCK
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Define UART device and baudrate for stdio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/fox/include/board.h b/boards/fox/include/board.h
index 210a3a635..f489bcbf4 100644
--- a/boards/fox/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/fox/include/board.h
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Define the interface to the AT86RF231 radio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/limifrog-v1/include/board.h b/boards/limifrog-v1/include/board.h
index 3122e1b7e..7f5a19638 100644
--- a/boards/limifrog-v1/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/limifrog-v1/include/board.h
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name LED pin definitions
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/mbed_lpc1768/include/board.h b/boards/mbed_lpc1768/include/board.h
index 90869c92f..f9fe0a7f2 100644
--- a/boards/mbed_lpc1768/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/mbed_lpc1768/include/board.h
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               (96000000)
 
-/**
- * @brief Assign the peripheral timer to be used as hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Assign the UART interface to be used for stdio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/msbiot/include/board.h b/boards/msbiot/include/board.h
index 2b200579b..7014a313b 100644
--- a/boards/msbiot/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/msbiot/include/board.h
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               CLOCK_CORECLOCK
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Configure connected CC1101 (radio) device
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/mulle/include/board.h b/boards/mulle/include/board.h
index b2cf3ae28..96f385df6 100644
--- a/boards/mulle/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/mulle/include/board.h
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
 /** Disable hardware watchdog, for debugging purposes, don't use this on production builds. */
 #define DISABLE_WDOG    1
 
-/**
- * @name Number of subsequent channels of the PIT to assign to the RIOT hardware
- * timer library, starting after the HW_TIMER above.
- */
-#define HW_TIMERS_COUNT      1
-
 /**
  * @name Define UART device and baudrate for stdio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/nrf51dongle/include/board.h b/boards/nrf51dongle/include/board.h
index 672710fb6..606852149 100644
--- a/boards/nrf51dongle/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/nrf51dongle/include/board.h
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               (CLOCK_CORECLOCK)
 
-/**
- * @brief   Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name    Define the boards STDIO
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/nrf6310/include/board.h b/boards/nrf6310/include/board.h
index 1a8407e73..081419e96 100644
--- a/boards/nrf6310/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/nrf6310/include/board.h
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name    LED pin definitions
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f091/include/board.h b/boards/nucleo-f091/include/board.h
index 95d4970b6..e62aa646a 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f091/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f091/include/board.h
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name LED pin definitions
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f303/include/board.h b/boards/nucleo-f303/include/board.h
index 84ecf9fd3..4c70e850e 100755
--- a/boards/nucleo-f303/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f303/include/board.h
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name LED pin definitions
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-f334/include/board.h b/boards/nucleo-f334/include/board.h
index 3b16ba2da..f1879839e 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-f334/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f334/include/board.h
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name LED pin definitions
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/nucleo-l1/include/board.h b/boards/nucleo-l1/include/board.h
index f68286dc1..c481e7936 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo-l1/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-l1/include/board.h
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name LED pin definitions
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/openmote/include/board.h b/boards/openmote/include/board.h
index 86ed21c1c..22ad882a0 100644
--- a/boards/openmote/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/openmote/include/board.h
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@
  */
 #define F_CPU               (32000000UL)
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the peripheral timer to be used as hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Assign the UART interface to be used for stdio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/pttu/include/board.h b/boards/pttu/include/board.h
index e9efae477..76e7b7c70 100644
--- a/boards/pttu/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/pttu/include/board.h
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ void bl_init_clks(void);
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @brief Deprecated HW_TIMER definition (to be removed)
- */
-#define HW_TIMER             TIMER_DEV(0)
-
 /**
  * @name dummy-defines for LEDs
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/remote/include/board.h b/boards/remote/include/board.h
index 5d1cfd6a9..113b3ad19 100644
--- a/boards/remote/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/remote/include/board.h
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@
  * @name The nominal CPU core clock in this board
  */
 #define F_CPU               (32000000UL)
-/**
- * @name Assign the peripheral timer to be used as hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
+
 /**
  * @name Assign the UART interface to be used for stdio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/saml21-xpro/include/board.h b/boards/saml21-xpro/include/board.h
index c14a36d6a..a061a815a 100644
--- a/boards/saml21-xpro/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/saml21-xpro/include/board.h
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               (16000000UL)
 
-/**
- * Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /** @}*/
 /**
  * @name Define UART device and baudrate for stdio
diff --git a/boards/spark-core/include/board.h b/boards/spark-core/include/board.h
index 8995dbfc4..d0cfa1192 100644
--- a/boards/spark-core/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/spark-core/include/board.h
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@
 #define STDIO_RX_BUFSIZE    (64U)
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name LED pin definitions
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/stm32f0discovery/include/board.h b/boards/stm32f0discovery/include/board.h
index 471d59253..d8cdfad7e 100644
--- a/boards/stm32f0discovery/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/stm32f0discovery/include/board.h
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               (48000000UL)
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the peripheral timer to be used as hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Assign the UART interface to be used for stdio
  */
diff --git a/boards/stm32f3discovery/include/board.h b/boards/stm32f3discovery/include/board.h
index e1ff8e5e9..dd7279688 100644
--- a/boards/stm32f3discovery/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/stm32f3discovery/include/board.h
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               (72000000UL)
 
-/**
- * @name Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Define the UART used for stdio
  * @{
diff --git a/boards/udoo/include/board.h b/boards/udoo/include/board.h
index a1852ddd6..18c2cc80a 100644
--- a/boards/udoo/include/board.h
+++ b/boards/udoo/include/board.h
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define F_CPU               (84000000UL)
 
-/**
- * Assign the hardware timer
- */
-#define HW_TIMER            TIMER_0
-
 /**
  * @name Define UART device and baudrate for stdio
  * @{