diff --git a/board/esd/pmc440/pmc440.c b/board/esd/pmc440/pmc440.c
index 5236f44468..0d560649ea 100644
--- a/board/esd/pmc440/pmc440.c
+++ b/board/esd/pmc440/pmc440.c
@@ -617,21 +617,6 @@ void pci_master_init(struct pci_controller *hose)
 
 static void wait_for_pci_ready(void)
 {
-	int i;
-	char *s = getenv("pcidelay");
-	/*
-	 * We have our own handling of the pcidelay variable.
-	 * Using CONFIG_PCI_BOOTDELAY enables pausing for host
-	 * and adapter devices. For adapter devices we do not
-	 * want this.
-	 */
-	if (s) {
-		int ms = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 10);
-		printf("PCI:   Waiting for %d ms\n", ms);
-		for (i=0; i<ms; i++)
-			udelay(1000);
-	}
-
 	if (!(in_be32((void*)GPIO1_IR) & GPIO1_PPC_EREADY)) {
 		printf("PCI:   Waiting for EREADY (CTRL-C to skip) ... ");
 		while (1) {
diff --git a/include/configs/PMC440.h b/include/configs/PMC440.h
index bee74aa53d..ed47a87820 100644
--- a/include/configs/PMC440.h
+++ b/include/configs/PMC440.h
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MASTER_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SYS_PCI_BOARD_FIXUP_IRQ
 
+#define CONFIG_PCI_BOOTDELAY 0
+
 /* PCI identification */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SUBSYS_VENDORID 0x12FE	/* PCI Vendor ID: esd gmbh      */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SUBSYS_ID_NONMONARCH 0x0441	/* PCI Device ID: Non-Monarch */