diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index da38d6bc5..93fc65716 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ DEPENDS_ON_X86_PORT_IO := \
 	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 7b92958bd..ea0e768da 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"
 
@@ -462,9 +461,6 @@ static const struct opaque_master opaque_master_nicintel_ee_i210 = {
 
 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;