diff --git a/unix/Makefile b/unix/Makefile
index 37c7f6e84450fc425d22e15b4460cd2adfcba59a..3df690b8c59155d5496b2045e7dc1f977b6466da 100644
--- a/unix/Makefile
+++ b/unix/Makefile
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ INC +=  -I../lib/mp-readline
 CFLAGS_MOD += -DMICROPY_USE_READLINE=1
 LIB_SRC_C_EXTRA += mp-readline/readline.c
 endif
-ifeq ($(MICROPY_PY_TIME),1)
-CFLAGS_MOD += -DMICROPY_PY_TIME=1
-SRC_MOD += modtime.c
-endif
 ifeq ($(MICROPY_PY_TERMIOS),1)
 CFLAGS_MOD += -DMICROPY_PY_TERMIOS=1
 SRC_MOD += modtermios.c
@@ -136,6 +132,7 @@ SRC_C = \
 	file.c \
 	modmachine.c \
 	modos.c \
+	modtime.c \
 	moduselect.c \
 	alloc.c \
 	coverage.c \
@@ -234,7 +231,7 @@ fast:
 
 # build a minimal interpreter
 minimal:
-	$(MAKE) COPT="-Os -DNDEBUG" CFLAGS_EXTRA='-DMP_CONFIGFILE="<mpconfigport_minimal.h>"' BUILD=build-minimal PROG=micropython_minimal MICROPY_PY_TIME=0 MICROPY_PY_TERMIOS=0 MICROPY_PY_SOCKET=0 MICROPY_PY_FFI=0 MICROPY_USE_READLINE=0 MICROPY_FATFS=0
+	$(MAKE) COPT="-Os -DNDEBUG" CFLAGS_EXTRA='-DMP_CONFIGFILE="<mpconfigport_minimal.h>"' BUILD=build-minimal PROG=micropython_minimal MICROPY_PY_TERMIOS=0 MICROPY_PY_SOCKET=0 MICROPY_PY_FFI=0 MICROPY_USE_READLINE=0 MICROPY_FATFS=0
 
 # build interpreter with nan-boxing as object model
 nanbox:
diff --git a/unix/modtime.c b/unix/modtime.c
index d3b780790c627344f4dbe8ee190b9dba453b8b48..196b1506a505289aed2469afb00f4f3c2a7cff99 100644
--- a/unix/modtime.c
+++ b/unix/modtime.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include "py/mpconfig.h"
+#if MICROPY_PY_UTIME
+
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -190,3 +193,5 @@ const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_time = {
     .name = MP_QSTR_utime,
     .globals = (mp_obj_dict_t*)&mp_module_time_globals,
 };
+
+#endif // MICROPY_PY_UTIME
diff --git a/unix/mpconfigport.h b/unix/mpconfigport.h
index 7f976fdad4b93f6fcad36c0276cd1240afe35f93..c824a46fd8d2ca142fc2e488e6ca0da085b1d8ff 100644
--- a/unix/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/unix/mpconfigport.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_STACKLESS_STRICT    (0)
 
 #define MICROPY_PY_OS_STATVFS       (1)
+#define MICROPY_PY_UTIME            (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UERRNO           (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UCTYPES          (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UZLIB            (1)
@@ -170,10 +171,10 @@ extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_jni;
 #else
 #define MICROPY_PY_JNI_DEF
 #endif
-#if MICROPY_PY_TIME
-#define MICROPY_PY_TIME_DEF { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_utime), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_time) },
+#if MICROPY_PY_UTIME
+#define MICROPY_PY_UTIME_DEF { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_utime), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_time) },
 #else
-#define MICROPY_PY_TIME_DEF
+#define MICROPY_PY_UTIME_DEF
 #endif
 #if MICROPY_PY_TERMIOS
 #define MICROPY_PY_TERMIOS_DEF { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_termios), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_termios) },
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_jni;
 #define MICROPY_PORT_BUILTIN_MODULES \
     MICROPY_PY_FFI_DEF \
     MICROPY_PY_JNI_DEF \
-    MICROPY_PY_TIME_DEF \
+    MICROPY_PY_UTIME_DEF \
     MICROPY_PY_SOCKET_DEF \
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_umachine), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_machine) }, \
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_uos), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_os) }, \
diff --git a/unix/mpconfigport.mk b/unix/mpconfigport.mk
index ed88143ac5a37ba02aa371c5709741f0271f1188..5db627b680e1c44506cd3e37dd1ee57236617e2f 100644
--- a/unix/mpconfigport.mk
+++ b/unix/mpconfigport.mk
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ MICROPY_USE_READLINE = 1
 # Whether to enable FatFs VFS
 MICROPY_FATFS = 1
 
-# Subset of CPython time module
-MICROPY_PY_TIME = 1
-
 # Subset of CPython termios module
 MICROPY_PY_TERMIOS = 1
 
diff --git a/unix/mpconfigport_minimal.h b/unix/mpconfigport_minimal.h
index 9f080ab0e142addc07d23f5b0f0256e2f800c32b..be35e6ec76d4102a3aa9bceaeb8825a2e9233df6 100644
--- a/unix/mpconfigport_minimal.h
+++ b/unix/mpconfigport_minimal.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS_STDFILES     (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_CMATH            (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UCTYPES          (0)
+#define MICROPY_PY_UTIME            (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UZLIB            (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UJSON            (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_URE              (0)