diff --git a/serprog.c b/serprog.c
index 98aac83..25c9944 100644
--- a/serprog.c
+++ b/serprog.c
@@ -303,15 +303,13 @@
 				    unsigned int writecnt, unsigned int readcnt,
 				    const unsigned char *writearr,
 				    unsigned char *readarr);
-static int serprog_spi_read(struct flashctx *flash, uint8_t *buf,
-			    unsigned int start, unsigned int len);
 static struct spi_master spi_master_serprog = {
 	.type		= SPI_CONTROLLER_SERPROG,
 	.max_data_read	= MAX_DATA_READ_UNLIMITED,
 	.max_data_write	= MAX_DATA_WRITE_UNLIMITED,
 	.command	= serprog_spi_send_command,
 	.multicommand	= default_spi_send_multicommand,
-	.read		= serprog_spi_read,
+	.read		= default_spi_read,
 	.write_256	= default_spi_write_256,
 	.write_aai	= default_spi_write_aai,
 };
@@ -933,25 +931,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* FIXME: This function is optimized so that it does not split each transaction
- * into chip page_size long blocks unnecessarily like spi_read_chunked. This has
- * the advantage that it is much faster for most chips, but breaks those with
- * non-continuous reads. When spi_read_chunked is fixed this method can be removed. */
-static int serprog_spi_read(struct flashctx *flash, uint8_t *buf,
-			    unsigned int start, unsigned int len)
-{
-	unsigned int i, cur_len;
-	const unsigned int max_read = spi_master_serprog.max_data_read;
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i += cur_len) {
-		int ret;
-		cur_len = min(max_read, (len - i));
-		ret = spi_nbyte_read(flash, start + i, buf + i, cur_len);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void *serprog_map(const char *descr, uintptr_t phys_addr, size_t len)
 {
 	/* Serprog transmits 24 bits only and assumes the underlying implementation handles any remaining bits
diff --git a/spi25.c b/spi25.c
index af4b6db..76242be 100644
--- a/spi25.c
+++ b/spi25.c
@@ -940,30 +940,31 @@
 /*
  * Read a part of the flash chip.
  * FIXME: Use the chunk code from Michael Karcher instead.
- * Each page is read separately in chunks with a maximum size of chunksize.
+ * Each naturally aligned area is read separately in chunks with a maximum size of chunksize.
  */
 int spi_read_chunked(struct flashctx *flash, uint8_t *buf, unsigned int start,
 		     unsigned int len, unsigned int chunksize)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	unsigned int i, j, starthere, lenhere, toread;
-	unsigned int page_size = flash->chip->page_size;
+	/* Limit for multi-die 4-byte-addressing chips. */
+	unsigned int area_size = min(flash->chip->total_size * 1024, 16 * 1024 * 1024);
 
 	/* Warning: This loop has a very unusual condition and body.
-	 * The loop needs to go through each page with at least one affected
-	 * byte. The lowest page number is (start / page_size) since that
-	 * division rounds down. The highest page number we want is the page
+	 * The loop needs to go through each area with at least one affected
+	 * byte. The lowest area number is (start / area_size) since that
+	 * division rounds down. The highest area number we want is the area
 	 * where the last byte of the range lives. That last byte has the
-	 * address (start + len - 1), thus the highest page number is
-	 * (start + len - 1) / page_size. Since we want to include that last
-	 * page as well, the loop condition uses <=.
+	 * address (start + len - 1), thus the highest area number is
+	 * (start + len - 1) / area_size. Since we want to include that last
+	 * area as well, the loop condition uses <=.
 	 */
-	for (i = start / page_size; i <= (start + len - 1) / page_size; i++) {
-		/* Byte position of the first byte in the range in this page. */
+	for (i = start / area_size; i <= (start + len - 1) / area_size; i++) {
+		/* Byte position of the first byte in the range in this area. */
 		/* starthere is an offset to the base address of the chip. */
-		starthere = max(start, i * page_size);
-		/* Length of bytes in the range in this page. */
-		lenhere = min(start + len, (i + 1) * page_size) - starthere;
+		starthere = max(start, i * area_size);
+		/* Length of bytes in the range in this area. */
+		lenhere = min(start + len, (i + 1) * area_size) - starthere;
 		for (j = 0; j < lenhere; j += chunksize) {
 			toread = min(chunksize, lenhere - j);
 			rc = spi_nbyte_read(flash, starthere + j, buf + starthere - start + j, toread);