diff --git a/bl1/aarch64/bl1_arch_setup.c b/bl1/aarch64/bl1_arch_setup.c
index 758b8e8..1b14246 100644
--- a/bl1/aarch64/bl1_arch_setup.c
+++ b/bl1/aarch64/bl1_arch_setup.c
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@
 {
 	unsigned long tmp_reg = 0;
 
-	/* Enable alignment checks and set the exception endianess to LE */
+	/* Enable alignment checks */
 	tmp_reg = read_sctlr_el3();
 	tmp_reg |= (SCTLR_A_BIT | SCTLR_SA_BIT);
-	tmp_reg &= ~SCTLR_EE_BIT;
 	write_sctlr_el3(tmp_reg);
 
 	/*