diff --git a/arch/arm26/boot/compressed/hw-bse.c b/arch/arm26/boot/compressed/hw-bse.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e8f07f..0000000
--- a/arch/arm26/boot/compressed/hw-bse.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Bright Star Engineering Inc.
- *
- * code for readng parameters from the
- * parameter blocks of the boot block
- * flash memory
- *
- */
-
-static int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
-{
-  while (*s1 != '\0' && *s1 == *s2)
-    {
-      s1++;
-      s2++;
-    }
-
-  return (*(unsigned char *) s1) - (*(unsigned char *) s2);
-}
-
-struct pblk_t {
-  char type;
-  unsigned short size;
-};
-
-static char *bse_getflashparam(char *name) {
-  unsigned int esize;
-  char *q,*r;
-  unsigned char *p,*e;
-  struct pblk_t *thepb = (struct pblk_t *) 0x00004000;
-  struct pblk_t *altpb = (struct pblk_t *) 0x00006000;  
-  if (thepb->type&1) {
-    if (altpb->type&1) {
-      /* no valid param block */ 
-      return (char*)0;
-    } else {
-      /* altpb is valid */
-      struct pblk_t *tmp;
-      tmp = thepb;
-      thepb = altpb;
-      altpb = tmp;
-    }
-  }
-  p = (char*)thepb + sizeof(struct pblk_t);
-  e = p + thepb->size; 
-  while (p < e) {
-    q = p;
-    esize = *p;
-    if (esize == 0xFF) break;
-    if (esize == 0) break;
-    if (esize > 127) {
-      esize = (esize&0x7F)<<8 | p[1];
-      q++;
-    }
-    q++;
-    r=q;
-    if (*r && ((name == 0) || (!strcmp(name,r)))) {
-      while (*q++) ;
-      return q;
-    }
-    p+=esize;
-  }
-  return (char*)0;
-}
-
-void bse_setup(void) {
-  /* extract the linux cmdline from flash */
-  char *name=bse_getflashparam("linuxboot");
-  char *x = (char *)0xc0000100;
-  if (name) { 
-    while (*name) *x++=*name++;
-  }
-  *x=0;
-}