diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
index 561c1f4..faa9a8f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 	.endm
 
 .globl _start
-_start: b	reset
+_start:
+	ldr	pc, _reset
 	ldr	pc, _undefined_instruction
 	ldr	pc, _software_interrupt
 	ldr	pc, _prefetch_abort
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@
 	ldr	pc, _irq
 	ldr	pc, _fiq
 
+_reset:                 .word reset
 _undefined_instruction: .word undefined_instruction
 _software_interrupt:	.word software_interrupt
 _prefetch_abort:	.word prefetch_abort
@@ -167,12 +169,6 @@
 	str     r1, [r2]
 
 	/* make sure flash is visible at 0 */
-#if 0
-	ldr	r2, =IXP425_EXP_CFG0
-	ldr     r1, [r2]
-	orr     r1, r1, #0x80000000
-	str     r1, [r2]
-#endif
 	mov	r1, #CONFIG_SYS_SDR_CONFIG
 	ldr     r2, =IXP425_SDR_CONFIG
 	str     r1, [r2]
@@ -216,19 +212,6 @@
 	str	r1, [r4]
 	DELAY_FOR 0x4000, r0
 
-	/* copy */
-	mov     r0, #0
-	mov     r4, r0
-	add     r2, r0, #CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN
-	mov     r1, #0x10000000
-	mov     r5, r1
-
-    30:
-	ldr     r3, [r0], #4
-	str     r3, [r1], #4
-	cmp     r0, r2
-	bne     30b
-
 	/* invalidate I & D caches & BTB */
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c7, 0
 	CPWAIT	r0
@@ -241,19 +224,12 @@
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c10, 4
 	CPWAIT	r0
 
-	/* move flash to 0x50000000 */
+	/* remove flash mirror at 0x00000000 */
 	ldr	r2, =IXP425_EXP_CFG0
 	ldr     r1, [r2]
 	bic     r1, r1, #0x80000000
 	str     r1, [r2]
 
-	nop
-	nop
-	nop
-	nop
-	nop
-	nop
-
 	/* invalidate I & Data TLB */
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c8, c7, 0
 	CPWAIT r0
@@ -269,7 +245,7 @@
 	orr	r0,r0,#0x13
 	msr	cpsr,r0
 
-/* Set stackpointer in internal RAM to call board_init_f */
+/* Set initial stackpointer in SDRAM to call board_init_f */
 call_board_init_f:
 	ldr	sp, =(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR)
 	bic	sp, sp, #7 /* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
@@ -580,28 +556,3 @@
 
 	b	reset_endless
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
-
-.LC0:		.word	loops_per_jiffy
-
-/*
- * 0 <= r0 <= 2000
- */
-.globl __udelay
-__udelay:
-	mov	r2,     #0x6800
-	orr	r2, r2, #0x00db
-	mul	r0, r2, r0
-	ldr	r2, .LC0
-	ldr	r2, [r2]		@ max = 0x0fffffff
-	mov	r0, r0, lsr #11		@ max = 0x00003fff
-	mov	r2, r2, lsr #11		@ max = 0x0003ffff
-	mul	r0, r2, r0		@ max = 2^32-1
-	movs	r0, r0, lsr #6
-
-delay_loop:
-	subs	r0, r0, #1
-	bne	delay_loop
-	mov	pc, lr
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_USE_IRQ */