diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx.c
index 3f055321c73..3443cf459db 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ int imx_pinctrl_remove(struct udevice *dev)
 	struct imx_pinctrl_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
 	struct imx_pinctrl_soc_info *info = priv->info;
 
-	if (info->flags & IMX8_USE_SCU)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (info->input_sel_base)
 		unmap_sysmem(info->input_sel_base);
 	if (info->base)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx8.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx8.c
index 0afae31eb77..85e5e5f5237 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx8.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx8.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ U_BOOT_DRIVER(imx8_pinctrl) = {
 	.id = UCLASS_PINCTRL,
 	.of_match = of_match_ptr(imx8_pinctrl_match),
 	.probe = imx8_pinctrl_probe,
-	.remove = imx_pinctrl_remove,
 	.priv_auto	= sizeof(struct imx_pinctrl_priv),
 	.ops = &imx8_pinctrl_ops,
 	.flags = DM_FLAG_PRE_RELOC,