diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 43709e545f..cfa5de6ebf 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -2840,23 +2840,6 @@ const VMStateDescription vmstate_ide_bus = {
 void ide_drive_get(DriveInfo **hd, int n)
 {
     int i;
-    int highest_bus = drive_get_max_bus(IF_IDE) + 1;
-    int max_devs = drive_get_max_devs(IF_IDE);
-    int n_buses = max_devs ? (n / max_devs) : n;
-
-    /*
-     * Note: The number of actual buses available is not known.
-     * We compute this based on the size of the DriveInfo* array, n.
-     * If it is less than max_devs * <num_real_buses>,
-     * We will stop looking for drives prematurely instead of overfilling
-     * the array.
-     */
-
-    if (highest_bus > n_buses) {
-        error_report("Too many IDE buses defined (%d > %d)",
-                     highest_bus, n_buses);
-        exit(1);
-    }
 
     for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         hd[i] = drive_get_by_index(IF_IDE, i);
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c b/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
index 73f6c9facf..1cef581878 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_jazz.c
@@ -291,10 +291,6 @@ static void mips_jazz_init(MachineState *machine,
              qdev_get_gpio_in(rc4030, 5), &esp_reset, &dma_enable);
 
     /* Floppy */
-    if (drive_get_max_bus(IF_FLOPPY) >= MAX_FD) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: too many floppy drives\n");
-        exit(1);
-    }
     for (n = 0; n < MAX_FD; n++) {
         fds[n] = drive_get(IF_FLOPPY, 0, n);
     }
diff --git a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
index f5b6efddf8..61416a6426 100644
--- a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
+++ b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
@@ -989,11 +989,6 @@ static void sun4m_hw_init(const struct sun4m_hwdef *hwdef,
     slavio_misc_init(hwdef->slavio_base, hwdef->aux1_base, hwdef->aux2_base,
                      slavio_irq[30], fdc_tc);
 
-    if (drive_get_max_bus(IF_SCSI) > 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: too many SCSI bus\n");
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
     esp_init(hwdef->esp_base, 2,
              espdma_memory_read, espdma_memory_write,
              espdma, espdma_irq, &esp_reset, &dma_enable);