diff --git a/os/sys/platform.h b/os/sys/platform.h
index 22d31d047..aef948ad0 100644
--- a/os/sys/platform.h
+++ b/os/sys/platform.h
@@ -71,20 +71,6 @@
 #ifndef PLATFORM_H_
 #define PLATFORM_H_
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/**
- * Configuration of boot sequence verbosity.
- *
- * By default the boot sequence will print out startup messages.
- *
- * Define this to 0 in your contiki-conf.h or project-conf.h to turn off
- * startup messages
- */
-#ifdef PLATFORM_CONF_STARTUP_VERBOSE
-#define PLATFORM_STARTUP_VERBOSE PLATFORM_CONF_STARTUP_VERBOSE
-#else
-#define PLATFORM_STARTUP_VERBOSE 1
-#endif
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /**
  * Controls whether the platform provides a custom main loop
  *