diff --git a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc
index a5e550ddcec..05f47285793 100644
--- a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc
+++ b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc
@@ -118,18 +118,6 @@ double UnscaledCycleClock::Frequency() {
   return aarch64_timer_frequency;
 }
 
-#elif defined(__riscv)
-
-int64_t UnscaledCycleClock::Now() {
-  int64_t virtual_timer_value;
-  asm volatile("rdcycle %0" : "=r"(virtual_timer_value));
-  return virtual_timer_value;
-}
-
-double UnscaledCycleClock::Frequency() {
-  return base_internal::NominalCPUFrequency();
-}
-
 #elif defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64)
 
 #pragma intrinsic(__rdtsc)
diff --git a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock_config.h b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock_config.h
index 24b324ac99f..43a3dabeeab 100644
--- a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock_config.h
+++ b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock_config.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 // The following platforms have an implementation of a hardware counter.
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__aarch64__) || \
-    defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__riscv) ||     \
-    defined(_M_IX86) || (defined(_M_X64) && !defined(_M_ARM64EC))
+    defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(_M_IX86) ||     \
+    (defined(_M_X64) && !defined(_M_ARM64EC))
 #define ABSL_HAVE_UNSCALED_CYCLECLOCK_IMPLEMENTATION 1
 #else
 #define ABSL_HAVE_UNSCALED_CYCLECLOCK_IMPLEMENTATION 0
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
 #if ABSL_USE_UNSCALED_CYCLECLOCK
 // This macro can be used to test if UnscaledCycleClock::Frequency()
 // is NominalCPUFrequency() on a particular platform.
-#if (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__riscv) || \
-     defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64))
+#if (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(_M_IX86) || \
+     defined(_M_X64))
 #define ABSL_INTERNAL_UNSCALED_CYCLECLOCK_FREQUENCY_IS_CPU_FREQUENCY
 #endif
 #endif