diff --git a/cpu/native/Makefile.features b/cpu/native/Makefile.features
index 8555bac1e9e2c..78046aacf9da1 100644
--- a/cpu/native/Makefile.features
+++ b/cpu/native/Makefile.features
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_hwrng
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_pm
 FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_pwm
 # Hardware SPI access is only available on Linux hosts
-ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Linux)
+ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
   FEATURES_PROVIDED += periph_spi
-endif
\ No newline at end of file
+endif
diff --git a/cpu/native/include/spidev_linux.h b/cpu/native/include/spidev_linux.h
index 72e0653772808..02acc6408fcf1 100644
--- a/cpu/native/include/spidev_linux.h
+++ b/cpu/native/include/spidev_linux.h
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ int spidev_linux_setup(spi_t bus, spi_cs_t cs, const char *name);
  */
 void spidev_linux_teardown(void);
 
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif