diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93fc65716..34d517eb5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ DEPENDS_ON_X86_PORT_IO := \
 	CONFIG_ATAPROMISE \
 	CONFIG_INTERNAL \
 	CONFIG_NIC3COM \
-	CONFIG_NICINTEL_SPI \
 	CONFIG_NICNATSEMI \
 	CONFIG_NICREALTEK \
 	CONFIG_OGP_SPI \
diff --git a/nicintel_spi.c b/nicintel_spi.c
index 852c042ea..004af66b8 100644
--- a/nicintel_spi.c
+++ b/nicintel_spi.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "flash.h"
 #include "programmer.h"
 #include "hwaccess.h"
-#include "hwaccess_x86_io.h"
 #include "hwaccess_physmap.h"
 #include "platform/pci.h"
 
@@ -293,9 +292,6 @@ static int nicintel_spi_init(void)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *dev = NULL;
 
-	if (rget_io_perms())
-		return 1;
-
 	dev = pcidev_init(nics_intel_spi, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0);
 	if (!dev)
 		return 1;