diff --git a/src/cpu/intel/car/p4-netburst/cache_as_ram.S b/src/cpu/intel/car/p4-netburst/cache_as_ram.S
index 2cd0c5e922..58e411dcc3 100644
--- a/src/cpu/intel/car/p4-netburst/cache_as_ram.S
+++ b/src/cpu/intel/car/p4-netburst/cache_as_ram.S
@@ -177,12 +177,6 @@ cores_counted:
 
 hyper_threading_cpu:
 
-	/* delay 10 ms */
-	movl	$10000, %ecx
-1:	inb	$0x80, %al
-	dec	%ecx
-	jnz	1b
-
 	post_code(0x25)
 
 	/* Send Start IPI to all excluding ourself. */
@@ -198,12 +192,6 @@ hyper_threading_cpu:
 	andl	$LAPIC_ICR_BUSY, %ecx
 	jnz	1b
 
-	/* delay 250 us */
-	movl	$250, %ecx
-1:	inb	$0x80, %al
-	dec	%ecx
-	jnz	1b
-
 	post_code(0x26)
 
 	/* Wait for sibling CPU to start. */