diff --git a/drivers/counter/Kconfig.mcux_gpt b/drivers/counter/Kconfig.mcux_gpt
index 0719967fa25..e21dfced356 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/Kconfig.mcux_gpt
+++ b/drivers/counter/Kconfig.mcux_gpt
@@ -3,16 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Linaro Limited
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-menuconfig COUNTER_MCUX_GPT
+config COUNTER_MCUX_GPT
 	bool "MCUX GPT driver"
 	depends on HAS_MCUX_GPT
 	help
 	  Enable support for mcux General Purpose Timer (GPT) driver.
-
-config COUNTER_MCUX_GPT1
-	bool "Enable Counter on GPT1"
-	depends on COUNTER_MCUX_GPT
-
-config COUNTER_MCUX_GPT2
-	bool "Enable Counter on GPT2"
-	depends on COUNTER_MCUX_GPT
diff --git a/drivers/counter/counter_mcux_gpt.c b/drivers/counter/counter_mcux_gpt.c
index c75bdde41d3..92b296a7033 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/counter_mcux_gpt.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/counter_mcux_gpt.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static const struct counter_driver_api mcux_gpt_driver_api = {
 	static struct mcux_gpt_data mcux_gpt_data_ ## n;			\
 										\
 	static const struct mcux_gpt_config mcux_gpt_config_ ## n = {    	\
-		.base = (void *)DT_NXP_IMX_GPT_COUNTER_ ## n ## _BASE_ADDRESS,	\
+		.base = (void *)DT_INST_## n ##_NXP_IMX_GPT_BASE_ADDRESS,	\
 		.clock_source = kCLOCK_PerClk,					\
 		.info = {							\
 			.max_top_value = UINT32_MAX,				\
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static const struct counter_driver_api mcux_gpt_driver_api = {
 										\
 	static int mcux_gpt_## n ##_init(struct device *dev);			\
 	DEVICE_AND_API_INIT(mcux_gpt ## n,					\
-			    DT_NXP_IMX_GPT_COUNTER_ ## n ## _LABEL,		\
+			    DT_INST_## n ##_NXP_IMX_GPT_LABEL,			\
 			    mcux_gpt_## n ##_init,				\
 			    &mcux_gpt_data_ ## n,				\
 			    &mcux_gpt_config_ ## n,				\
@@ -224,17 +224,17 @@ static const struct counter_driver_api mcux_gpt_driver_api = {
 										\
 	static int mcux_gpt_## n ##_init(struct device *dev)			\
 	{	 								\
-		IRQ_CONNECT(DT_NXP_IMX_GPT_COUNTER_## n ##_IRQ_0,		\
-			    DT_NXP_IMX_GPT_COUNTER_## n ##_IRQ_0_PRIORITY,	\
+		IRQ_CONNECT(DT_INST_## n ##_NXP_IMX_GPT_IRQ_0,			\
+			    DT_INST_## n ##_NXP_IMX_GPT_IRQ_0_PRIORITY,		\
 			    mcux_gpt_isr, DEVICE_GET(mcux_gpt ## n), 0);	\
-		irq_enable(DT_NXP_IMX_GPT_COUNTER_## n ##_IRQ_0);		\
+		irq_enable(DT_INST_## n ##_NXP_IMX_GPT_IRQ_0);			\
 		return mcux_gpt_init(dev);					\
 	}									\
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_COUNTER_MCUX_GPT1
-GPT_DEVICE_INIT_MCUX(1)
+#ifdef DT_INST_0_NXP_IMX_GPT
+GPT_DEVICE_INIT_MCUX(0)
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_COUNTER_MCUX_GPT2
-GPT_DEVICE_INIT_MCUX(2)
+#ifdef DT_INST_1_NXP_IMX_GPT
+GPT_DEVICE_INIT_MCUX(1)
 #endif
diff --git a/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_rt.dtsi b/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_rt.dtsi
index 6e5c705701a..4cbca822ec8 100644
--- a/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_rt.dtsi
+++ b/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_rt.dtsi
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 / {
 	aliases {
-		counter-1 = &gpt1;
-		counter-2 = &gpt2;
 		eth = ð
 		gpio-1 = &gpio1;
 		gpio-2 = &gpio2;
diff --git a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/Kconfig.defconfig.series b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/Kconfig.defconfig.series
index 9eaf5cf9dfc..9f86ea6ce42 100644
--- a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/Kconfig.defconfig.series
+++ b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/Kconfig.defconfig.series
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@ if COUNTER
 config COUNTER_MCUX_GPT
 	default y if HAS_MCUX_GPT
 
-config COUNTER_MCUX_GPT1
-	default y if HAS_MCUX_GPT
-
-config COUNTER_MCUX_GPT2
-	default y if HAS_MCUX_GPT
-
 endif # COUNTER
 
 config SPI_MCUX_LPSPI
diff --git a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/dts_fixup.h b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/dts_fixup.h
index 9e573ad9b10..1ec2177ec5d 100644
--- a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/dts_fixup.h
+++ b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/dts_fixup.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #define DT_MCUX_CCM_BASE_ADDRESS		DT_NXP_IMX_CCM_400FC000_BASE_ADDRESS
 #define DT_MCUX_CCM_NAME			DT_NXP_IMX_CCM_400FC000_LABEL
 
-#define DT_RTC_0_NAME				DT_NXP_IMX_GPT_COUNTER_1_LABEL
-#define DT_RTC_1_NAME				DT_NXP_IMX_GPT_COUNTER_2_LABEL
+#define DT_RTC_0_NAME				DT_INST_0_NXP_IMX_GPT_LABEL
+#define DT_RTC_1_NAME				DT_INST_1_NXP_IMX_GPT_LABEL
 
 #define DT_ETH_MCUX_0_NAME  			DT_NXP_KINETIS_ETHERNET_402D8000_LABEL