diff --git a/boards/arm/nucleo_l053r8/nucleo_l053r8.dts b/boards/arm/nucleo_l053r8/nucleo_l053r8.dts
index 464b1abe9e9..414b305848b 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nucleo_l053r8/nucleo_l053r8.dts
+++ b/boards/arm/nucleo_l053r8/nucleo_l053r8.dts
@@ -43,6 +43,28 @@
 	};
 };
 
+&clk_hse{
+	status = "okay";
+	clock-frequency = <DT_FREQ_M(8)>;
+	hse-bypass;
+};
+
+&pll {
+	clocks = <&clk_hse>;
+	mul = <8>;
+	div = <2>;
+	status = "okay";
+};
+
+&rcc {
+	clocks = <&pll>;
+	clock-frequency = <DT_FREQ_M(32)>;
+	ahb-prescaler = <1>;
+	apb1-prescaler = <1>;
+	apb2-prescaler = <1>;
+};
+
+
 /* Due to limited available memory, don't enable gpiod and gpiof */
 /* (Test cases fail due to 'SRAM' region overflow) */
 &gpiod {status = "disabled";};
diff --git a/boards/arm/nucleo_l053r8/nucleo_l053r8_defconfig b/boards/arm/nucleo_l053r8/nucleo_l053r8_defconfig
index 0f7af17aeb9..4d062b0466b 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nucleo_l053r8/nucleo_l053r8_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nucleo_l053r8/nucleo_l053r8_defconfig
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ CONFIG_SOC_SERIES_STM32L0X=y
 # Platform Configuration
 CONFIG_SOC_STM32L053XX=y
 
-# General Kernel Options
-CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC=32000000
-
 # Enable MPU
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
@@ -33,20 +30,5 @@ CONFIG_PINMUX=y
 # GPIO Controller
 CONFIG_GPIO=y
 
-# Clock configuration
+# Clock controller
 CONFIG_CLOCK_CONTROL=y
-# SYSCLK selection
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_SYSCLK_SRC_PLL=y
-# HSE configuration
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_HSE_CLOCK=8000000
-# however, the board does not have an external oscillator, so just use
-# the 8MHz clock signal coming from integrated STLink
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_HSE_BYPASS=y
-# PLL configuration
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_PLL_SRC_HSE=y
-# produce 32MHz clock at PLL output
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_PLL_MULTIPLIER=8
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_PLL_DIVISOR=2
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_AHB_PRESCALER=1
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_APB1_PRESCALER=1
-CONFIG_CLOCK_STM32_APB2_PRESCALER=1