diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index f03b04291b6f..a522c007e6fd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -525,15 +525,6 @@ static int alarm_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,
 	if (!rtcdev)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX HACK! Currently we can DOS a system if the interval
-	 * period on alarmtimers is too small. Cap the interval here
-	 * to 100us and solve this properly in a future patch! -jstultz
-	 */
-	if ((new_setting->it_interval.tv_sec == 0) &&
-			(new_setting->it_interval.tv_nsec < 100000))
-		new_setting->it_interval.tv_nsec = 100000;
-
 	if (old_setting)
 		alarm_timer_get(timr, old_setting);