diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl_nand.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl_nand.c
index ea7cc8a9d8f2fe39c7a777dd149dcff053ff7458..39221d5e7a9109892a1f3db7312d270fa0bd26b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl_nand.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl_nand.c
@@ -35,16 +35,9 @@ void spl_nand_load_image(void)
 	int *src __attribute__((unused));
 	int *dst __attribute__((unused));
 
-	switch (spl_boot_mode()) {
-	case NAND_MODE_HW_ECC:
-		debug("spl: nand - using hw ecc\n");
-		gpmc_init();
-		nand_init();
-		break;
-	default:
-		puts("spl: ERROR: This bootmode is not implemented - hanging");
-		hang();
-	}
+	debug("spl: nand - using hw ecc\n");
+	gpmc_init();
+	nand_init();
 
 	/*use CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE as temporary storage area */
 	header = (struct image_header *)(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE);
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
index 164069662f3aff2a541db5c7c4d8f0d32a9258a0..a487374f1faf9b8fa943c8f14e7db957561eea56 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ u32 spl_boot_mode(void)
 	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1:
 		return MMCSD_MODE_FAT;
 		break;
-	case BOOT_DEVICE_NAND:
-		return NAND_MODE_HW_ECC;
-		break;
 	default:
 		puts("spl: ERROR:  unknown device - can't select boot mode\n");
 		hang();
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
index f5b9dfe5592632b78b85d5966a95e88a30802250..4d331fc94320aff5c59f28f075531fa5459bf200 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ void preloader_console_init(void);
 #define	MMCSD_MODE_UNDEFINED	0
 #define MMCSD_MODE_RAW		1
 #define MMCSD_MODE_FAT		2
-#define NAND_MODE_HW_ECC	3
 
 struct spl_image_info {
 	const char *name;