diff --git a/src/mainboard/clevo/cml-u/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/clevo/cml-u/Kconfig
index 082bf624c1..c08b321630 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/clevo/cml-u/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/clevo/cml-u/Kconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 	select SOC_INTEL_COMMON_BLOCK_HDA_VERB
 	select SPD_READ_BY_WORD
 	select SYSTEM_TYPE_LAPTOP
-	select USE_LEGACY_8254_TIMER # Fix failure to boot GRUB
 
 config MAINBOARD_DIR
 	string