diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 595c9cfb8..785936206 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ DEPENDS_ON_X86_MSR := \
 DEPENDS_ON_X86_PORT_IO := \
 	CONFIG_ATAHPT \
 	CONFIG_ATAPROMISE \
-	CONFIG_GFXNVIDIA \
 	CONFIG_INTERNAL \
 	CONFIG_NIC3COM \
 	CONFIG_NICINTEL \
diff --git a/gfxnvidia.c b/gfxnvidia.c
index 30c94b905..535467eaf 100644
--- a/gfxnvidia.c
+++ b/gfxnvidia.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "flash.h"
 #include "programmer.h"
 #include "hwaccess.h"
-#include "hwaccess_x86_io.h"
 #include "hwaccess_physmap.h"
 #include "platform/pci.h"
 
@@ -89,9 +88,6 @@ static int gfxnvidia_init(void)
 	struct pci_dev *dev = NULL;
 	uint32_t reg32;
 
-	if (rget_io_perms())
-		return 1;
-
 	dev = pcidev_init(gfx_nvidia, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0);
 	if (!dev)
 		return 1;