diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index be09c8836d56..7427d8088337 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -639,13 +639,6 @@ config RISCV_ISA_ZICBOZ
 
 	   If you don't know what to do here, say Y.
 
-config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE
-	bool
-	default y
-	depends on !64BIT || $(cc-option,-mabi=lp64 -march=rv64ima_zihintpause)
-	depends on !32BIT || $(cc-option,-mabi=ilp32 -march=rv32ima_zihintpause)
-	depends on LLD_VERSION >= 150000 || LD_VERSION >= 23600
-
 config TOOLCHAIN_NEEDS_EXPLICIT_ZICSR_ZIFENCEI
 	def_bool y
 	# https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=aed44286efa8ae8717a77d94b51ac3614e2ca6dc
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index 252d63942f34..f1792ac03335 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ else
 riscv-march-$(CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_NEEDS_EXPLICIT_ZICSR_ZIFENCEI) := $(riscv-march-y)_zicsr_zifencei
 endif
 
-# Check if the toolchain supports Zihintpause extension
-riscv-march-$(CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE) := $(riscv-march-y)_zihintpause
-
 # Remove F,D,V from isa string for all. Keep extensions between "fd" and "v" by
 # matching non-v and non-multi-letter extensions out with the filter ([^v_]*)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -march=$(shell echo $(riscv-march-y) | sed -E 's/(rv32ima|rv64ima)fd([^v_]*)v?/\1\2/')
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h
index e27179b26086..64dffaa21bfa 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h
@@ -196,4 +196,6 @@
 	INSN_I(OPCODE_MISC_MEM, FUNC3(2), __RD(0),		\
 	       RS1(base), SIMM12(4))
 
+#define RISCV_PAUSE	".4byte 0x100000f"
+
 #endif /* __ASM_INSN_DEF_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
index 96b65a5396df..8f383f05a290 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
+#include <asm/insn-def.h>
 
 static inline void cpu_relax(void)
 {
@@ -14,16 +15,11 @@ static inline void cpu_relax(void)
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("div %0, %0, zero" : "=r" (dummy));
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE
 	/*
 	 * Reduce instruction retirement.
 	 * This assumes the PC changes.
 	 */
-	__asm__ __volatile__ ("pause");
-#else
-	/* Encoding of the pause instruction */
-	__asm__ __volatile__ (".4byte 0x100000F");
-#endif
+	__asm__ __volatile__ (RISCV_PAUSE);
 	barrier();
 }