diff --git a/common/image-android.c b/common/image-android.c
index 3bcf4b2..de253fc 100644
--- a/common/image-android.c
+++ b/common/image-android.c
@@ -153,34 +153,6 @@ int android_image_get_kernel(const struct andr_img_hdr *hdr, int verify,
 			" androidboot.boot_device_root=mmcblk%d", mmc_map_to_kernel_blk(mmc_get_env_dev()));
 	strncat(commandline, newbootargs, sizeof(commandline) - strlen(commandline));
 
-	char *storage_type = env_get("storage_type");
-	if (storage_type) {
-		sprintf(newbootargs,
-			" androidboot.storage_type=%s",
-			storage_type);
-		strncat(commandline, newbootargs, sizeof(commandline) - strlen(commandline));
-	} else {
-		int bootdev = get_boot_device();
-		if (bootdev == SD1_BOOT || bootdev == SD2_BOOT ||
-			bootdev == SD3_BOOT || bootdev == SD4_BOOT) {
-			sprintf(newbootargs,
-				" androidboot.storage_type=sd");
-		} else if (bootdev == MMC1_BOOT || bootdev == MMC2_BOOT ||
-			bootdev == MMC3_BOOT || bootdev == MMC4_BOOT) {
-			sprintf(newbootargs,
-				" androidboot.storage_type=emmc");
-		} else if (bootdev == NAND_BOOT) {
-			sprintf(newbootargs,
-				" androidboot.storage_type=nand");
-		} else
-			printf("boot device type is incorrect.\n");
-		strncat(commandline, newbootargs, sizeof(commandline) - strlen(commandline));
-		if (bootloader_gpt_overlay()) {
-			sprintf(newbootargs, " gpt");
-			strncat(commandline, newbootargs, sizeof(commandline) - strlen(commandline));
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* boot metric variables */
 	metrics.ble_1 = get_timer(0);
 	sprintf(newbootargs,