diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-zynqmp/hardware.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-zynqmp/hardware.h
index cf187f31110b987fd254004b2e9094699e6c1e68..1228c7acb8c4174ec59f548e219119dd3ecf288f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-zynqmp/hardware.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-zynqmp/hardware.h
@@ -48,18 +48,9 @@ struct crlapb_regs {
 #define crlapb_base ((struct crlapb_regs *)ZYNQMP_CRL_APB_BASEADDR)
 
 #define ZYNQMP_IOU_SCNTR_SECURE	0xFF260000
-#define ZYNQMP_IOU_SCNTR	0xFF250000
 #define ZYNQMP_IOU_SCNTR_COUNTER_CONTROL_REGISTER_EN	0x1
 #define ZYNQMP_IOU_SCNTR_COUNTER_CONTROL_REGISTER_HDBG	0x2
 
-struct iou_scntr {
-	u32 counter_control_register;
-	u32 reserved0[7];
-	u32 base_frequency_id_register;
-};
-
-#define iou_scntr ((struct iou_scntr *)ZYNQMP_IOU_SCNTR)
-
 struct iou_scntr_secure {
 	u32 counter_control_register;
 	u32 reserved0[7];
diff --git a/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c b/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
index a67473f344de3da583fe1c0e8705f40893d99445..5b1852a8cec32f628a03e9a65b3bf2944bcaf513 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
@@ -170,12 +170,6 @@ int board_early_init_r(void)
 		writel(ZYNQMP_IOU_SCNTR_COUNTER_CONTROL_REGISTER_EN,
 		       &iou_scntr_secure->counter_control_register);
 	}
-	/* Program freq register in System counter and enable system counter */
-	writel(gd->cpu_clk, &iou_scntr->base_frequency_id_register);
-	writel(ZYNQMP_IOU_SCNTR_COUNTER_CONTROL_REGISTER_HDBG |
-	       ZYNQMP_IOU_SCNTR_COUNTER_CONTROL_REGISTER_EN,
-	       &iou_scntr->counter_control_register);
-
 	return 0;
 }