diff --git a/users/halcyon_modules/hlc_encoder/rules.mk b/users/halcyon_modules/hlc_encoder/rules.mk
index 7c560afa..81d64a69 100644
--- a/users/halcyon_modules/hlc_encoder/rules.mk
+++ b/users/halcyon_modules/hlc_encoder/rules.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 CURRENT_DIR := $(dir $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 
-ENCODER_DRIVER ?= quadrature
-
 SRC += $(CURRENT_DIR)/hlc_encoder.c $(CURRENT_DIR)/hlc_encoder_matrix.c
 CONFIG_H += $(CURRENT_DIR)/config.h
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