diff --git a/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c b/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c
index 56a7b3e7fd482b6a65f865a0ad8120287ee79169..d27bd57648ca7bcd6d2a897067971be7332fcf59 100644
--- a/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c
+++ b/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/common.c
@@ -1272,14 +1272,15 @@ void setup_pmic(void)
 	struct pmic *p;
 	struct ventana_board_info ventana_info;
 	int board = read_eeprom(CONFIG_I2C_GSC, &ventana_info);
+	const int i2c_pmic = 1;
 	u32 reg;
 
-	i2c_set_bus_num(CONFIG_I2C_PMIC);
+	i2c_set_bus_num(i2c_pmic);
 
 	/* configure PFUZE100 PMIC */
 	if (!i2c_probe(CONFIG_POWER_PFUZE100_I2C_ADDR)) {
 		debug("probed PFUZE100@0x%x\n", CONFIG_POWER_PFUZE100_I2C_ADDR);
-		power_pfuze100_init(CONFIG_I2C_PMIC);
+		power_pfuze100_init(i2c_pmic);
 		p = pmic_get("PFUZE100");
 		if (p && !pmic_probe(p)) {
 			pmic_reg_read(p, PFUZE100_DEVICEID, &reg);
@@ -1302,7 +1303,7 @@ void setup_pmic(void)
 	/* configure LTC3676 PMIC */
 	else if (!i2c_probe(CONFIG_POWER_LTC3676_I2C_ADDR)) {
 		debug("probed LTC3676@0x%x\n", CONFIG_POWER_LTC3676_I2C_ADDR);
-		power_ltc3676_init(CONFIG_I2C_PMIC);
+		power_ltc3676_init(i2c_pmic);
 		p = pmic_get("LTC3676_PMIC");
 		if (!p || pmic_probe(p))
 			return;
diff --git a/include/configs/gw_ventana.h b/include/configs/gw_ventana.h
index 2b98f535c6ba0ee78be4f6d2f58511d4841c396f..28289a348fea4141fe9fe739bf4743ee8307ad35 100644
--- a/include/configs/gw_ventana.h
+++ b/include/configs/gw_ventana.h
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3		/* enable I2C bus 3 */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED		100000
 #define CONFIG_I2C_GSC			0
-#define CONFIG_I2C_PMIC			1
 #define CONFIG_I2C_EDID
 
 /* MMC Configs */
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index f639d2b0824d911b1705bacc061ff47442e348fd..b17b87bd7bcbeadcc79f9fa8e42d971eb6f46b11 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -1399,7 +1399,6 @@ CONFIG_I2C_MVTWSI_BASE3
 CONFIG_I2C_MVTWSI_BASE4
 CONFIG_I2C_MVTWSI_BASE5
 CONFIG_I2C_MXC
-CONFIG_I2C_PMIC
 CONFIG_I2C_REPEATED_START
 CONFIG_I2C_RTC_ADDR
 CONFIG_I2C_TIMEOUT