diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
index f4971fc72a77..5d5f23b1d355 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
@@ -497,13 +497,6 @@ mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_base_conf_write(struct pci_bridge_emul *bridge,
 	}
 
 	case PCI_IO_BASE:
-		/*
-		 * We keep bit 1 set, it is a read-only bit that
-		 * indicates we support 32 bits addressing for the
-		 * I/O
-		 */
-		conf->iobase |= PCI_IO_RANGE_TYPE_32;
-		conf->iolimit |= PCI_IO_RANGE_TYPE_32;
 		mvebu_pcie_handle_iobase_change(port);
 		break;