diff --git a/README b/README
index c9a20db34f726986ccbb3c34fbc58e92b2d47a25..a514f48caefc68b8453b8cc7ce0da3581f3504a8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -767,9 +767,6 @@ The following options need to be configured:
 		SoC, then define this variable and provide board
 		specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
 
-		CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
-		specify the timeout in seconds. default 2 seconds.
-
 - Real-Time Clock:
 
 		When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
diff --git a/configs/smartweb_defconfig b/configs/smartweb_defconfig
index 7c7220afc81b2732c01353f9f2f9fa019199f20f..807a5691210b4b2eca4e16de2ffd729b83e6dbc1 100644
--- a/configs/smartweb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/smartweb_defconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,5 @@ CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX=y
 CONFIG_USB_ETHER_MCS7830=y
 CONFIG_WDT=y
 CONFIG_WDT_AT91=y
-CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_TINY_MEMSET=y
 # CONFIG_EFI_LOADER is not set
diff --git a/configs/taurus_defconfig b/configs/taurus_defconfig
index 022b0b6da194c530dc6d4fc6ea386eb78e8809f0..d69f4895eff3309a7d2b2b4e31faee7ad8297b8e 100644
--- a/configs/taurus_defconfig
+++ b/configs/taurus_defconfig
@@ -62,5 +62,4 @@ CONFIG_USB_GADGET_PRODUCT_NUM=0x02d2
 CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DOWNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_WDT=y
 CONFIG_WDT_AT91=y
-CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT=y
 CONFIG_USE_TINY_PRINTF=y
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 115fc4551ffd0853cb1c4951a6cb885cf145d461..34e78beb2a66f8f6d7afd54409e718f6902f08ba 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ config WDT_AT91
 	   Select this to enable Microchip watchdog timer, which can be found on
 	   some AT91 devices.
 
-config AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
-	bool "AT91 watchdog timeout specified"
-	depends on WDT_AT91
-
 config WDT_MT7621
 	bool "MediaTek MT7621 watchdog timer support"
 	depends on WDT && ARCH_MT7620
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
index b0a3b4ed58636a945f7355d2ce0d33b791a7086c..a9fd547e2f7ef5091b73cf4409653b29ecc78656 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
@@ -117,10 +117,12 @@ static int at91_wdt_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 	if (!priv->regs)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_CONTROL)
 	priv->timeout = dev_read_u32_default(dev, "timeout-sec",
 					     WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
 	debug("%s: timeout %d", __func__, priv->timeout);
+#else
+	priv->timeout = WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 #endif
 
 	debug("%s: Probing wdt%u\n", __func__, dev->seq);