diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5be77b7..ae0a8ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@
 DEPENDS_ON_X86_PORT_IO := \
 	CONFIG_ATAHPT \
 	CONFIG_ATAPROMISE \
-	CONFIG_DRKAISER \
 	CONFIG_GFXNVIDIA \
 	CONFIG_INTERNAL \
 	CONFIG_NIC3COM \
diff --git a/drkaiser.c b/drkaiser.c
index a0133c6..6c0cc3a 100644
--- a/drkaiser.c
+++ b/drkaiser.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "flash.h"
 #include "programmer.h"
 #include "hwaccess.h"
-#include "hwaccess_x86_io.h"
 #include "hwaccess_physmap.h"
 #include "platform/pci.h"
 
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@
 	struct pci_dev *dev = NULL;
 	uint32_t addr;
 
-	if (rget_io_perms())
-		return 1;
-
 	dev = pcidev_init(drkaiser_pcidev, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_2);
 	if (!dev)
 		return 1;