diff --git a/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk b/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
index 7ae402484147..e3607b0c245d 100644
--- a/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/pseudomodules.inc.mk
@@ -169,10 +169,6 @@ NO_PSEUDOMODULES += netdev_ieee802154_submac
 # print ascii representation in function od_hex_dump()
 PSEUDOMODULES += od_string
 
-# variants of MCP27x17
-PSEUDOMODULES += mcp23017
-PSEUDOMODULES += mcp23s17
-
 # add all pseudo random number generator variants as pseudomodules
 PSEUDOMODULES += prng_%