diff --git a/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/cpx/include/soc/gpio.h b/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/cpx/include/soc/gpio.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b66856174b..0000000000
--- a/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/cpx/include/soc/gpio.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-
-/* not implemented, adding defaults just to make common code happy */
-
-#ifndef _SOC_GPIO_H_
-#define _SOC_GPIO_H
-
-#define GPIO_NUM_PAD_CFG_REGS		0
-#define NUM_GPI_STATUS_REGS		0
-
-#endif