diff --git a/include/configs/spear-common.h b/include/configs/spear-common.h
index aa9ec5d951..32e1fcc98d 100644
--- a/include/configs/spear-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/spear-common.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
 #define CONFIG_NAND_FSMC
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE		1
-#define CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE		1
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_QUIET_TEST