diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Makefile
index e1b0519b1f4c44538c8a9b5918a176d2a2650a88..096dbac25b2b0586c193fd770258d85b876deac0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Makefile
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)RAM) += sdram_common.o
 
 ifndef CONFIG_ARM64
+ifndef CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_RK3188
 obj-y += rk_timer.o
 endif
+endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_RK3036) += rk3036/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_RK3128) += rk3128/
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/rk3188-board-spl.c b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/rk3188-board-spl.c
index 74771d3a0b04f33a08d2d4c46f20d115c589ec70..3ccc4f120547c89fb764e93f51e9592538a2a65e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/rk3188-board-spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/rk3188-board-spl.c
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 		hang();
 	}
 
-	rockchip_timer_init();
-
 	ret = rockchip_get_clk(&dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		debug("CLK init failed: %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/configs/rock_defconfig b/configs/rock_defconfig
index c4a236ccf63ebc8fd1793c68edb7e05f04a2c24e..91129855001f22872ba95eb80296a84547cdbb29 100644
--- a/configs/rock_defconfig
+++ b/configs/rock_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x60000000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_RK3188=y
+CONFIG_TIMER=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TIMER=y
+CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_TIMER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_ROCKCHIP_BACK_TO_BROM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_ROCK=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR=0x60080000
diff --git a/include/configs/rk3188_common.h b/include/configs/rk3188_common.h
index 94f8cda8532009496489c721eea22cc94911440d..e07facd9c30609d7085536a4bf19fdf4e843810c 100644
--- a/include/configs/rk3188_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/rk3188_common.h
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(32 << 20)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE		1024
 
-#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_RATE		(24 * 1000 * 1000)
-#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_BASE		0x2000e000 /* TIMER3 */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_COUNTER	(CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_BASE + 8)
-#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_COUNTS_DOWN
-
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_MEM32
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_ROCKCHIP_BACK_TO_BROM