diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/fatcat/overridetree.cb b/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/fatcat/overridetree.cb
index e154ffc46c..565aad6f98 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/fatcat/overridetree.cb
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/fatcat/overridetree.cb
@@ -921,7 +921,6 @@ chip soc/intel/pantherlake
 		end
 
 		device ref smbus on end
-		device ref npk on end
 		device ref hda on
 			chip drivers/intel/soundwire
 				device generic 0 on
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/francka/overridetree.cb b/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/francka/overridetree.cb
index f9e172c8cf..b44cdc6291 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/francka/overridetree.cb
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/francka/overridetree.cb
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ chip soc/intel/pantherlake
 		end # M.2 SSD
 
 		device ref smbus on end
-		device ref npk on end
 		device ref hda on
 			chip drivers/sof
 				register "spkr_tplg" = "max98360a"