diff --git a/include/sys_clock.h b/include/sys_clock.h
index abcda46504d..2fe25014158 100644
--- a/include/sys_clock.h
+++ b/include/sys_clock.h
@@ -146,11 +146,7 @@ static inline s64_t __ticks_to_ms(s64_t ticks)
 }
 
 /* added tick needed to account for tick in progress */
-#ifdef CONFIG_TICKLESS_KERNEL
-#define _TICK_ALIGN 0
-#else
 #define _TICK_ALIGN 1
-#endif
 
 /* SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_TO_NS64 converts CPU clock cycles to nanoseconds */
 #define SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_TO_NS64(X) \