diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3fd447b..0841112 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@
 	CONFIG_ATAPROMISE \
 	CONFIG_INTERNAL \
 	CONFIG_NIC3COM \
-	CONFIG_NICINTEL_EEPROM \
 	CONFIG_NICINTEL_SPI \
 	CONFIG_NICNATSEMI \
 	CONFIG_NICREALTEK \
diff --git a/nicintel_eeprom.c b/nicintel_eeprom.c
index 9f69ece..9166605 100644
--- a/nicintel_eeprom.c
+++ b/nicintel_eeprom.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "spi.h"
 #include "programmer.h"
 #include "hwaccess.h"
-#include "hwaccess_x86_io.h"
 #include "hwaccess_physmap.h"
 #include "platform/pci.h"
 
@@ -470,9 +469,6 @@
 
 static int nicintel_ee_init(void)
 {
-	if (rget_io_perms())
-		return 1;
-
 	struct pci_dev *dev = pcidev_init(nics_intel_ee, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0);
 	if (!dev)
 		return 1;