diff --git a/hikey960/device-hikey960.mk b/hikey960/device-hikey960.mk
index 5a423c1..d3eef8c 100644
--- a/hikey960/device-hikey960.mk
+++ b/hikey960/device-hikey960.mk
@@ -81,22 +81,6 @@
   PRODUCT_PACKAGES += hwcomposer.drm_hikey960
 endif
 
-# Unfortunately inherit-product doesn't export build variables from the
-# called make file to the caller, so we have to include it directly here.
-# FIXME: Improve this the next time we update the binary package
-ifneq (,$(wildcard vendor/linaro/hikey960/hisilicon/device-partial.mk))
-include vendor/linaro/hikey960/hisilicon/device-partial.mk
-endif
-
-EXPECTED_HISI_CODEC_VERSION := 1
-# Check and make sure the vendor package is the expected version
-ifneq ($(TARGET_HISI_CODEC_VERSION),$(EXPECTED_HISI_CODEC_VERSION))
-$(warning TARGET_HISI_CODEC_VERSION ($(TARGET_HISI_CODEC_VERSION)) does not match exiting the build ($(EXPECTED_HISI_CODEC_VERSION)).)
-$(warning Please download new binaries here:)
-$(warning    https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/hisilicon-hikey960-OPR-3c243263.tgz )
-$(warning And extract in the ANDROID_TOP_DIR)
-endif
-
 ifneq ($(TARGET_NO_RECOVERY),true)
 PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
 	device/linaro/hikey/init.recovery.common.rc:recovery/root/init.recovery.hikey960.rc