diff --git a/scripts/build/check_init_priorities.py b/scripts/build/check_init_priorities.py
index 4e2c50ddf27aa8..dc028aa31de284 100755
--- a/scripts/build/check_init_priorities.py
+++ b/scripts/build/check_init_priorities.py
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 _DEVICE_INIT_LEVELS = ["EARLY", "PRE_KERNEL_1", "PRE_KERNEL_2", "POST_KERNEL",
                       "APPLICATION", "SMP"]
 
-# List of compatibles for node where the initialization priority should be the
-# opposite of the device tree inferred dependency.
-_INVERTED_PRIORITY_COMPATIBLES = frozenset()
-
 # List of compatibles for nodes where we don't check the priority.
 _IGNORE_COMPATIBLES = frozenset([
         # There is no direct dependency between the CDC ACM UART and the USB
@@ -260,13 +256,6 @@ def _check_dep(self, dev_ord, dep_ord):
                 self.log.info(f"Ignoring priority: {dev_node._binding.compatible}")
                 return
 
-        if dev_node._binding and dep_node._binding:
-            dev_compat = dev_node._binding.compatible
-            dep_compat = dep_node._binding.compatible
-            if (dev_compat, dep_compat) in _INVERTED_PRIORITY_COMPATIBLES:
-                self.log.info(f"Swapped priority: {dev_compat}, {dep_compat}")
-                dev_ord, dep_ord = dep_ord, dev_ord
-
         dev_prio, dev_init = self._obj.devices.get(dev_ord, (None, None))
         dep_prio, dep_init = self._obj.devices.get(dep_ord, (None, None))
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/check_init_priorities_test.py b/scripts/build/check_init_priorities_test.py
index c7b2aabb25f466..16cf9af7406507 100755
--- a/scripts/build/check_init_priorities_test.py
+++ b/scripts/build/check_init_priorities_test.py
@@ -332,35 +332,6 @@ def test_check_same_prio_assert(self, mock_vinit):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             validator._check_dep(1, 2)
 
-    @mock.patch("check_init_priorities.Validator.__init__", return_value=None)
-    def test_check_swapped(self, mock_vinit):
-        validator = check_init_priorities.Validator("", "", None)
-        validator.log = mock.Mock()
-        validator._obj = mock.Mock()
-        validator.errors = 0
-
-        save_inverted_priorities = check_init_priorities._INVERTED_PRIORITY_COMPATIBLES
-
-        check_init_priorities._INVERTED_PRIORITY_COMPATIBLES = set([("compat-3", "compat-1")])
-
-        validator._ord2node = {1: mock.Mock(), 3: mock.Mock()}
-        validator._ord2node[1]._binding.compatible = "compat-1"
-        validator._ord2node[1].path = "/1"
-        validator._ord2node[3]._binding.compatible = "compat-3"
-        validator._ord2node[3].path = "/3"
-
-        validator._obj.devices = {1: (20, "i1"), 3: (10, "i3")}
-
-        validator._check_dep(3, 1)
-
-        self.assertListEqual(validator.log.info.call_args_list, [
-            mock.call("Swapped priority: compat-3, compat-1"),
-            mock.call("/3 <i1> 20 > /1 <i3> 10"),
-        ])
-        self.assertEqual(validator.errors, 0)
-
-        check_init_priorities._INVERTED_PRIORITY_COMPATIBLES = save_inverted_priorities
-
     @mock.patch("check_init_priorities.Validator.__init__", return_value=None)
     def test_check_ignored(self, mock_vinit):
         validator = check_init_priorities.Validator("", "", None)