diff --git a/cores/esp32/esp32-hal.h b/cores/esp32/esp32-hal.h
index 3950bc360ed26dfa35a0a6af52be2b9a2bf08b77..98b65b289a5ddf52ec64b5a7b4c3f31801f7ffe2 100644
--- a/cores/esp32/esp32-hal.h
+++ b/cores/esp32/esp32-hal.h
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define F_CPU (CONFIG_ESP32_DEFAULT_CPU_FREQ_MHZ * 1000000U)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_DISABLE_HAL_LOCKS
-#define CONFIG_DISABLE_HAL_LOCKS 0
-#endif
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_AUTOSTART_ARDUINO
-#define CONFIG_AUTOSTART_ARDUINO 1
-#endif
-
 //forward declaration from freertos/portmacro.h
 void vPortYield( void );
 #define yield() vPortYield()