diff --git a/app/src/mouse/Kconfig b/app/src/mouse/Kconfig
index c440de58..213b305a 100644
--- a/app/src/mouse/Kconfig
+++ b/app/src/mouse/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ menuconfig ZMK_MOUSE
 
 if ZMK_MOUSE
 
+config ZMK_MOUSE_TICK_DURATION
+    int "Mouse tick duration in ms"
+    default 8
+
 choice ZMK_MOUSE_WORK_QUEUE
     prompt "Work queue selection for mouse events"
     default ZMK_MOUSE_WORK_QUEUE_DEDICATED
diff --git a/app/src/mouse/key_listener.c b/app/src/mouse/key_listener.c
index d522ca9e..4b8443f7 100644
--- a/app/src/mouse/key_listener.c
+++ b/app/src/mouse/key_listener.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int mouse_timer_ref_count = 0;
 
 void mouse_timer_ref() {
     if (mouse_timer_ref_count == 0) {
-        k_timer_start(&mouse_timer, K_NO_WAIT, K_MSEC(10));
+        k_timer_start(&mouse_timer, K_NO_WAIT, K_MSEC(CONFIG_ZMK_MOUSE_TICK_DURATION));
     }
     mouse_timer_ref_count += 1;
     // trigger the first mouse tick event immediately
diff --git a/app/src/mouse/main.c b/app/src/mouse/main.c
index 7ba27c39..a36b0047 100644
--- a/app/src/mouse/main.c
+++ b/app/src/mouse/main.c
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <kernel.h>
-#include <init.h>
-#include <device.h>
-#include <devicetree.h>
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZMK_MOUSE_WORK_QUEUE_DEDICATED)
 
diff --git a/app/src/mouse/tick_listener.c b/app/src/mouse/tick_listener.c
index a80b6069..4aec26f4 100644
--- a/app/src/mouse/tick_listener.c
+++ b/app/src/mouse/tick_listener.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ static float powf(float base, float exponent) {
 
 struct movement_state {
     int64_t start;
-    int64_t last_tick;
     struct vector2d fractional_remainder;
 };
 
@@ -52,8 +51,6 @@ static struct mouse_config scroll_config = (struct mouse_config){
     .acceleration_exponent = 2.0,
 };
 
-static int64_t ms_since_last_tick(int64_t last_tick, int64_t now) { return now - last_tick; }
-
 static int64_t ms_since_start(int64_t start, int64_t now) {
     int64_t move_duration = now - start;
     // start can be in the future if there's a delay
@@ -88,20 +85,17 @@ static struct vector2d update_movement(struct movement_state *state, struct mous
     }
     if (state->start == 0) {
         state->start = now + config->delay_ms;
-        state->last_tick = now;
     }
 
-    int64_t tick_duration = ms_since_last_tick(state->last_tick, now);
     int64_t move_duration = ms_since_start(state->start, now);
     move = (struct vector2d){
-        .x = speed(config, max_speed.x, move_duration) * tick_duration / 1000,
-        .y = speed(config, max_speed.y, move_duration) * tick_duration / 1000,
+        .x = speed(config, max_speed.x, move_duration) * CONFIG_ZMK_MOUSE_TICK_DURATION / 1000,
+        .y = speed(config, max_speed.y, move_duration) * CONFIG_ZMK_MOUSE_TICK_DURATION / 1000,
     };
 
     track_remainder(&(move.x), &state->fractional_remainder.x);
     track_remainder(&(move.y), &state->fractional_remainder.y);
 
-    state->last_tick = now;
     return move;
 }