diff --git a/drivers/console/aarch32/skeleton_console.S b/drivers/console/aarch32/skeleton_console.S
index a9e13ec..05a5985 100644
--- a/drivers/console/aarch32/skeleton_console.S
+++ b/drivers/console/aarch32/skeleton_console.S
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	 * If any of the argument is unspecified, then the corresponding
 	 * entry in console_t is set to 0.
 	 */
-	finish_console_register xxx putc=1, getc=1, flush=1
+	finish_console_register xxx putc=1, getc=ENABLE_CONSOLE_GETC, flush=1
 
 	/* Jump here if hardware init fails or parameters are invalid. */
 register_fail:
diff --git a/drivers/console/aarch64/skeleton_console.S b/drivers/console/aarch64/skeleton_console.S
index 7ea2eec..3310d28 100644
--- a/drivers/console/aarch64/skeleton_console.S
+++ b/drivers/console/aarch64/skeleton_console.S
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	 * If any of the argument is unspecified, then the corresponding
 	 * entry in console_t is set to 0.
 	 */
-	finish_console_register xxx putc=1, getc=1, flush=1
+	finish_console_register xxx putc=1, getc=ENABLE_CONSOLE_GETC, flush=1
 
 	/* Jump here if hardware init fails or parameters are invalid. */
 register_fail:
diff --git a/drivers/console/multi_console.c b/drivers/console/multi_console.c
index 93c38d8..e962fff 100644
--- a/drivers/console/multi_console.c
+++ b/drivers/console/multi_console.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 		return EOF;
 }
 
+#if ENABLE_CONSOLE_GETC
 int console_getc(void)
 {
 	int err = ERROR_NO_VALID_CONSOLE;
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@
 
 	return err;
 }
+#endif
 
 void console_flush(void)
 {