diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/aarch64/fvp_helpers.S b/plat/arm/board/fvp/aarch64/fvp_helpers.S
index 09f19f6c351eaedece2937913aafa64b7f3d1bd9..8efc2386cfd943bc19add56b90d2fd5972e04256 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/aarch64/fvp_helpers.S
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/aarch64/fvp_helpers.S
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@
 	.globl	plat_is_my_cpu_primary
 	.globl	plat_arm_calc_core_pos
 
-	.macro	fvp_choose_gicmmap  param1, param2, x_tmp, w_tmp, res
-	mov_imm	\x_tmp, V2M_SYSREGS_BASE + V2M_SYS_ID
-	ldr	\w_tmp, [\x_tmp]
-	ubfx	\w_tmp, \w_tmp, #V2M_SYS_ID_BLD_SHIFT, #V2M_SYS_ID_BLD_LENGTH
-	cmp	\w_tmp, #BLD_GIC_VE_MMAP
-	csel	\res, \param1, \param2, eq
-	.endm
-
 	/* -----------------------------------------------------
 	 * void plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup (void);
 	 *
@@ -49,35 +41,6 @@ func plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup
 	mov_imm	x1, PWRC_BASE
 	str	w0, [x1, #PPOFFR_OFF]
 
-	/* ---------------------------------------------
-	 * Disable GIC bypass as well
-	 * ---------------------------------------------
-	 */
-	/* Check for GICv3 system register access */
-	mrs	x0, id_aa64pfr0_el1
-	ubfx	x0, x0, #ID_AA64PFR0_GIC_SHIFT, #ID_AA64PFR0_GIC_WIDTH
-	cmp	x0, #1
-	b.ne	gicv2_bypass_disable
-
-	/* Check for SRE enable */
-	mrs	x1, ICC_SRE_EL3
-	tst	x1, #ICC_SRE_SRE_BIT
-	b.eq	gicv2_bypass_disable
-
-	mrs	x2, ICC_SRE_EL3
-	orr	x2, x2, #(ICC_SRE_DIB_BIT | ICC_SRE_DFB_BIT)
-	msr	ICC_SRE_EL3, x2
-	b	secondary_cold_boot_wait
-
-gicv2_bypass_disable:
-	mov_imm	x0, VE_GICC_BASE
-	mov_imm	x1, BASE_GICC_BASE
-	fvp_choose_gicmmap	x0, x1, x2, w2, x1
-	mov	w0, #(IRQ_BYP_DIS_GRP1 | FIQ_BYP_DIS_GRP1)
-	orr	w0, w0, #(IRQ_BYP_DIS_GRP0 | FIQ_BYP_DIS_GRP0)
-	str	w0, [x1, #GICC_CTLR]
-
-secondary_cold_boot_wait:
 	/* ---------------------------------------------
 	 * There is no sane reason to come out of this
 	 * wfi so panic if we do. This cpu will be pow-