diff --git a/commands/partition.c b/commands/partition.c
index fdd6041..6f8d634 100644
--- a/commands/partition.c
+++ b/commands/partition.c
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
  * @brief partition handling and addpart and delpart command
  */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ENABLE_PARTITION_NOISE
-# define DEBUG
-#endif
-
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
 #include <complete.h>
diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index 4cfbe4e..d7e2ebd 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -609,24 +609,6 @@
 	help
 	  Enable build of barebox with -g.
 
-config ENABLE_FLASH_NOISE
-	bool
-	prompt "verbose flash handling"
-	help
-	  Enable this to get noisy flash handling routines
-
-config ENABLE_PARTITION_NOISE
-	bool
-	prompt "verbose partition handling"
-	help
-	  Enable this to get noisy partition handling routines
-
-config ENABLE_DEVICE_NOISE
-	bool
-	prompt "verbose device handling"
-	help
-	  Enable this to get noisy device handling routines
-
 config DEBUG_LL
 	bool
 	depends on HAS_DEBUG_LL
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91111.c b/drivers/net/smc91111.c
index 48183dd..b868cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91111.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91111.c
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
  .	03/16/01  Daris A Nevil	   Modified smc9194.c for use with LAN91C111
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ENABLE_DEVICE_NOISE
-# define DEBUG
-#endif
-
 #include <common.h>
 
 #include <command.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc911x.c b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
index 3b94779..e0d78d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ENABLE_DEVICE_NOISE
-# define DEBUG
-#endif
-
 #include <common.h>
 
 #include <command.h>