diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
index cc1480a5e4c1..4c4d3e5bca18 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
@@ -108,20 +108,6 @@ static struct nand_ecclayout fsl_elbc_oob_lp_eccm1 = {
 	.oobfree = { {1, 7}, {11, 13}, {27, 13}, {43, 13}, {59, 5} },
 };
 
-/*
- * fsl_elbc_oob_lp_eccm* specify that LP NAND's OOB free area starts at offset
- * 1, so we have to adjust bad block pattern. This pattern should be used for
- * x8 chips only. So far hardware does not support x16 chips anyway.
- */
-static u8 scan_ff_pattern[] = { 0xff, };
-
-static struct nand_bbt_descr largepage_memorybased = {
-	.options = 0,
-	.offs = 0,
-	.len = 1,
-	.pattern = scan_ff_pattern,
-};
-
 /*
  * ELBC may use HW ECC, so that OOB offsets, that NAND core uses for bbt,
  * interfere with ECC positions, that's why we implement our own descriptors.
@@ -699,7 +685,6 @@ static int fsl_elbc_chip_init_tail(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 			chip->ecc.layout = (priv->fmr & FMR_ECCM) ?
 			                   &fsl_elbc_oob_lp_eccm1 :
 			                   &fsl_elbc_oob_lp_eccm0;
-			chip->badblock_pattern = &largepage_memorybased;
 		}
 	} else {
 		dev_err(priv->dev,