diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/BUILD
index 32ff4a2dde2..84150546353 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/BUILD
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ exports_files(glob([
     "models/testdata/*",
 ]))
 
-# Config setting to determine if we are building for embedded platforms.
-config_setting(
-    name = "micro",
-    define_values = {
-        "micro": "true",
-    },
-)
-
 config_setting(
     name = "mips",
     values = {
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/BUILD
index 671ed96f5fc..43b6a50cf5a 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/BUILD
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ cc_library(
 
 cc_library(
     name = "scoped_profiling_label_wrapper",
-    srcs = select({
-        "//tensorflow/lite:micro": ["scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_stub.cc"],
-        "//conditions:default": ["scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_gemmlowp.cc"],
-    }),
     hdrs = ["scoped_profiling_label_wrapper.h"],
     copts = tflite_copts(),
     # TODO(b/145820877): Add in a select statement once we can figure out a way
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper.h b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper.h
index f1f21aafe14..ed883b1c0b5 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper.h
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper.h
@@ -15,23 +15,42 @@ limitations under the License.
 #ifndef TENSORFLOW_LITE_KERNELS_INTERNAL_SCOPED_PROFILING_LABEL_WRAPPER_H_
 #define TENSORFLOW_LITE_KERNELS_INTERNAL_SCOPED_PROFILING_LABEL_WRAPPER_H_
 
-namespace tflite {
+// gemmlowp itself defines an empty class for ScopedProfilingLabel when
+// GEMMLOWP_PROFILING is not defined. However, that does not work for embedded
+// builds because instrumentation.h depends on pthread and defines a few Mutex
+// classes independent of GEMMLOWP_PROFILING.
+//
+// As a result, we are using GEMMLOWP_PROFILING to either pull in the
+// gemmlowp implementation or use our own empty class.
+//
+// The downside with this approach is that we are using a gemmlowp macro from
+// the TFLite codebase. The upside is that it is much simpler than the
+// alternatives (see history of this file).
 
-// This class uses the PIMPL pattern to enable a stub implementation for micro
-// platforms and a full gemlowp implementation otherwise.
+#ifdef GEMMLOWP_PROFILING
+
+#include "profiling/instrumentation.h"
+
+namespace tflite {
 class ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper {
  public:
-  explicit ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper(const char* label);
-
-  ~ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper();
+  explicit ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper(const char* label)
+      : scoped_profiling_label_(label) {}
 
  private:
-  class ScopedProfilingLabelImpl;
-  // Using a raw pointer instead of unique_ptr because we need to also build for
-  // embedded platforms.
-  ScopedProfilingLabelImpl* impl_;
+  gemmlowp::ScopedProfilingLabel scoped_profiling_label_;
 };
-
 }  // namespace tflite
 
+#else  // GEMMLOWP_PROFILING
+
+namespace tflite {
+class ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper {
+ public:
+  explicit ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper(const char* label) {}
+};
+}  // namespace tflite
+
+#endif  // GEMMLOWP_PROFILING
+
 #endif  // TENSORFLOW_LITE_KERNELS_INTERNAL_SCOPED_PROFILING_LABEL_WRAPPER_H_
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_gemmlowp.cc b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_gemmlowp.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b3eb118704a..00000000000
--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_gemmlowp.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2019 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-==============================================================================*/
-
-#include "profiling/instrumentation.h"
-#include "tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper.h"
-
-namespace tflite {
-
-class ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper::ScopedProfilingLabelImpl {
- public:
-  explicit ScopedProfilingLabelImpl(const char* label) : gemmlowp_(label) {}
-
- private:
-  gemmlowp::ScopedProfilingLabel gemmlowp_;
-};
-
-ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper::ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper(const char* label)
-    : impl_(new ScopedProfilingLabelImpl(label)) {}
-
-ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper::~ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper() { delete impl_; }
-
-}  // namespace tflite
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_stub.cc b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_stub.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6946155d1cf..00000000000
--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_stub.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2019 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-==============================================================================*/
-
-#include "tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper.h"
-
-namespace tflite {
-
-class ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper::ScopedProfilingLabelImpl {};
-
-ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper::ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper(const char* label)
-    : impl_(nullptr) {}
-
-ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper::~ScopedProfilingLabelWrapper() = default;
-
-}  // namespace tflite
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/micro/tools/make/Makefile b/tensorflow/lite/micro/tools/make/Makefile
index a3c1c378547..2c7295ef4f0 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/micro/tools/make/Makefile
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/micro/tools/make/Makefile
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ tensorflow/lite/core/api/flatbuffer_conversions.cc \
 tensorflow/lite/core/api/op_resolver.cc \
 tensorflow/lite/core/api/tensor_utils.cc \
 tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/quantization_util.cc \
-tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/scoped_profiling_label_wrapper_stub.cc \
 tensorflow/lite/kernels/kernel_util.cc
 
 MICROLITE_CC_SRCS := $(filter-out $(MICROLITE_TEST_SRCS), $(MICROLITE_CC_BASE_SRCS))