diff --git a/ubb-patgen/ubb-patgen.c b/ubb-patgen/ubb-patgen.c
index 8f54852..7ea0e59 100644
--- a/ubb-patgen/ubb-patgen.c
+++ b/ubb-patgen/ubb-patgen.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <ubb/physmem.h>
 
 
-#define	USE_DMA
 #define	DMA	5
 
 
@@ -137,8 +136,6 @@ static int select_freq(struct mmcclk *res, int hz, int rel)
 /* ----- DMA the pattern --------------------------------------------------- */
 
 
-#ifdef USE_DMA
-
 static uint32_t old_dmac;
 
 
@@ -186,15 +183,6 @@ static void wait_dma_done(void)
 	while (!((DCS(DMA) >> 3) & 1));	/* DCS.TT */
 }
 
-#else /* USE_DMA */
-
-
-static void dma_init(void) {}
-static void dma_cleanup(void) {}
-static void dma_setup(unsigned long buf, int nibbles) {}
-
-#endif /* !USE_DMA */
-
 
 static void wait_response(void)
 {
@@ -240,9 +228,7 @@ static void mmc_buffer(const struct mmcclk *clk,
 
 	MSC_CMDAT =
 	    (2 << 9) |		/* 4 bit bus */
-#ifdef USE_DMA
 	    (1 << 8) |		/* DMA */
-#endif
 	    (1 << 4) |		/* write */
 	    (1 << 3) |		/* with data transfer */
 	    1;			/* R1 response */
@@ -270,8 +256,6 @@ static void mmc_buffer(const struct mmcclk *clk,
 
 	PDFUNS = mask;
 
-#ifdef USE_DMA
-
 	/*
 	 * Send the pattern with DMA. Note that we still have to send the first
 	 * pattern, since the static state we begin from may not have been
@@ -283,18 +267,6 @@ static void mmc_buffer(const struct mmcclk *clk,
 	    1;			/* enable transfer */
 
 	wait_dma_done();
-
-#else /* USE_DMA */
-
-	const uint32_t *p;
-
-	for (p = (void *) buf; p != (void *) buf+(nibbles >> 1); p++) {
-		while ((MSC_STAT >> 7) & 1);
-		MSC_TXFIFO = *p;
-	}
-
-#endif /* !USE_DMA */
-
 	wait_fifo_empty();
 	wait_shifted(clk);
 
@@ -311,7 +283,6 @@ static void mmc_buffer(const struct mmcclk *clk,
 static void send_buffer(const struct mmcclk *clk,
     const uint8_t *buf, int nibbles, uint32_t mask)
 {
-#ifdef USE_DMA
 	unsigned long phys;
 
 	if (cacheflush((void *) buf, nibbles >> 1, DCACHE)) {
@@ -323,9 +294,6 @@ static void send_buffer(const struct mmcclk *clk,
 
 	phys = physmem_xlat((void *) buf);
 	mmc_buffer(clk, buf[0] >> 4, phys, nibbles, mask);
-#else
-	mmc_buffer(clk, buf[0] >> 4, (unsigned long) buf, nibbles, mask);
-#endif
 }