diff --git a/src/acpi/acpi.c b/src/acpi/acpi.c
index d7d7d3de24..12fa2133ac 100644
--- a/src/acpi/acpi.c
+++ b/src/acpi/acpi.c
@@ -1559,12 +1559,6 @@ unsigned long acpi_create_lpi_desc_ncst(acpi_lpi_desc_ncst_t *lpi_desc, uint16_t
 	return lpi_desc->header.length;
 }
 
-/* BERT helpers */
-__weak enum cb_err acpi_soc_get_bert_region(void **region, size_t *length)
-{
-	return CB_ERR;
-}
-
 unsigned long __weak fw_cfg_acpi_tables(unsigned long start)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/include/acpi/acpi.h b/src/include/acpi/acpi.h
index b1eb664db2..9b73d5be29 100644
--- a/src/include/acpi/acpi.h
+++ b/src/include/acpi/acpi.h
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ unsigned long acpi_create_hest_error_source(acpi_hest_t *hest,
 void acpi_create_lpit(acpi_lpit_t *lpit);
 unsigned long acpi_create_lpi_desc_ncst(acpi_lpi_desc_ncst_t *lpi_desc, uint16_t uid);
 
-/* For crashlog. */
+/* chipsets that select ACPI_BERT must implement this function */
 enum cb_err acpi_soc_get_bert_region(void **region, size_t *length);
 
 /* For ACPI S3 support. */