diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/machine_timer.c b/ports/mimxrt/machine_timer.c
index 260873ae65..334a020c15 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/machine_timer.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/machine_timer.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define TIMER_MIN_PERIOD 1
 
 #define alarm_callback PIT_IRQHandler
-#define PIT_SOURCE_CLOCK CLOCK_GetFreq(kCLOCK_OscClk)
+#define PIT_SOURCE_CLOCK CLOCK_GetIpgFreq()
 #define PIT_IRQ_ID PIT_IRQn
 
 typedef struct _machine_timer_obj_t {
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ void machine_timer_init_PIT(void) {
     // PIT timer
     // Enable clock gate for GPIO1
     CLOCK_EnableClock(kCLOCK_Gpio1); // ?
-    // Set PERCLK_CLK source to OSC_CLK
-    CLOCK_SetMux(kCLOCK_PerclkMux, 1U);
     // Set PERCLK_CLK divider to 1
     CLOCK_SetDiv(kCLOCK_PerclkDiv, 0U);