diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/xtensa/core.h b/arch/xtensa/include/xtensa/core.h
index b3c4281683c..144745af9a4 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/xtensa/core.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/xtensa/core.h
@@ -76,11 +76,7 @@
 /* Interrupts ***************************************************************/
 
 /* Indexing macros: */
-#ifndef XCHAL_SYSCALL_LEVEL
-#  define XCHAL_IRQ_LEVEL  XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL
-#else
-#  define XCHAL_IRQ_LEVEL  XCHAL_SYSCALL_LEVEL
-#endif
+#define XCHAL_IRQ_LEVEL                 XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL
 
 #define _XCHAL_INTLEVEL_MASK(n)         XCHAL_INTLEVEL ## n ## _MASK
 #define XCHAL_INTLEVEL_MASK(n)          _XCHAL_INTLEVEL_MASK(n) /* n = 0 .. 15 */