diff --git a/include/qemu/timer.h b/include/qemu/timer.h
index 85bc6eb00b..6a8b48b5a9 100644
--- a/include/qemu/timer.h
+++ b/include/qemu/timer.h
@@ -838,14 +838,11 @@ extern int use_rt_clock;
 
 static inline int64_t get_clock(void)
 {
-#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
     if (use_rt_clock) {
         struct timespec ts;
         clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
         return ts.tv_sec * 1000000000LL + ts.tv_nsec;
-    } else
-#endif
-    {
+    } else {
         /* XXX: using gettimeofday leads to problems if the date
            changes, so it should be avoided. */
         return get_clock_realtime();
diff --git a/util/qemu-timer-common.c b/util/qemu-timer-common.c
index 06d084d364..baf3317f74 100644
--- a/util/qemu-timer-common.c
+++ b/util/qemu-timer-common.c
@@ -49,14 +49,11 @@ int use_rt_clock;
 
 static void __attribute__((constructor)) init_get_clock(void)
 {
+    struct timespec ts;
+
     use_rt_clock = 0;
-#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
-    {
-        struct timespec ts;
-        if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == 0) {
-            use_rt_clock = 1;
-        }
+    if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == 0) {
+        use_rt_clock = 1;
     }
-#endif
 }
 #endif