diff --git a/src/drivers/drv_gyro.h b/src/drivers/drv_gyro.h
index b82ece5449..0502c65534 100644
--- a/src/drivers/drv_gyro.h
+++ b/src/drivers/drv_gyro.h
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ struct gyro_calibration_s {
 #define _GYROIOCBASE		(0x2300)
 #define _GYROIOC(_n)		(_PX4_IOC(_GYROIOCBASE, _n))
 
-#define GYRO_SAMPLERATE_DEFAULT    1000003	/**< default sample rate */
-
 /** set the gyro scaling constants to (arg) */
 #define GYROIOCSSCALE		_GYROIOC(4)
 
diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/fxas21002c/fxas21002c.cpp b/src/drivers/imu/fxas21002c/fxas21002c.cpp
index caa02e57b8..b7cafd4e6b 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/fxas21002c/fxas21002c.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/fxas21002c/fxas21002c.cpp
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ FXAS21002C::set_samplerate(unsigned frequency)
 
 	unsigned last_rate = _current_rate;
 
-	if (frequency == 0 || frequency == GYRO_SAMPLERATE_DEFAULT) {
+	if (frequency == 0) {
 		frequency = FXAS21002C_DEFAULT_RATE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/l3gd20/l3gd20.cpp b/src/drivers/imu/l3gd20/l3gd20.cpp
index 6d2e3626c7..c6cef2ead2 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/l3gd20/l3gd20.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/l3gd20/l3gd20.cpp
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ L3GD20::set_samplerate(unsigned frequency)
 {
 	uint8_t bits = REG1_POWER_NORMAL | REG1_Z_ENABLE | REG1_Y_ENABLE | REG1_X_ENABLE;
 
-	if (frequency == 0 || frequency == GYRO_SAMPLERATE_DEFAULT) {
+	if (frequency == 0) {
 		frequency = _is_l3g4200d ? 800 : 760;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/mpu6000/mpu6000.cpp b/src/drivers/imu/mpu6000/mpu6000.cpp
index a350f6d7ed..5f63a20a1d 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/mpu6000/mpu6000.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/mpu6000/mpu6000.cpp
@@ -904,8 +904,7 @@ MPU6000::probe()
 void
 MPU6000::_set_sample_rate(unsigned desired_sample_rate_hz)
 {
-	if (desired_sample_rate_hz == 0 ||
-	    desired_sample_rate_hz == GYRO_SAMPLERATE_DEFAULT) {
+	if (desired_sample_rate_hz == 0) {
 		desired_sample_rate_hz = MPU6000_GYRO_DEFAULT_RATE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/mpu9250/mpu9250.cpp b/src/drivers/imu/mpu9250/mpu9250.cpp
index f678b7a450..6173c1f7b2 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/mpu9250/mpu9250.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/mpu9250/mpu9250.cpp
@@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ MPU9250::probe()
 void
 MPU9250::_set_sample_rate(unsigned desired_sample_rate_hz)
 {
-	if (desired_sample_rate_hz == 0 ||
-	    desired_sample_rate_hz == GYRO_SAMPLERATE_DEFAULT) {
+	if (desired_sample_rate_hz == 0) {
 		desired_sample_rate_hz = MPU9250_GYRO_DEFAULT_RATE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/modules/simulator/gyrosim/gyrosim.cpp b/src/modules/simulator/gyrosim/gyrosim.cpp
index a33a112dbd..9577c84166 100644
--- a/src/modules/simulator/gyrosim/gyrosim.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/simulator/gyrosim/gyrosim.cpp
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@ GYROSIM::_set_sample_rate(unsigned desired_sample_rate_hz)
 {
 	PX4_DEBUG("_set_sample_rate %u Hz", desired_sample_rate_hz);
 
-	if (desired_sample_rate_hz == 0 ||
-	    desired_sample_rate_hz == GYRO_SAMPLERATE_DEFAULT) {
+	if (desired_sample_rate_hz == 0) {
 		desired_sample_rate_hz = GYROSIM_GYRO_DEFAULT_RATE;
 	}