diff --git a/include/driver/soft_i2c.h b/include/driver/soft_i2c.h
index f3ba14fc82741996d0cd429493155a2eaed9b0f2..7960df23c80d602f6d19095c267821f80107685d 100644
--- a/include/driver/soft_i2c.h
+++ b/include/driver/soft_i2c.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class SoftI2C {
 		SoftI2C(const SoftI2C &copy);
 
 		unsigned char sda, scl;
-#if SOFTI2C_PULLUP_EXTERNAL || SOFTI2C_PULLUP_FIXED_GPIO
+#if SOFTI2C_PULLUP_EXTERNAL
 		unsigned char sda_pull, scl_pull;
 #endif
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class SoftI2C {
 		unsigned char rx(bool send_ack);
 
 	public:
-#if SOFTI2C_PULLUP_EXTERNAL || SOFTI2C_PULLUP_FIXED_GPIO
+#if SOFTI2C_PULLUP_EXTERNAL
 		SoftI2C(unsigned char sda, unsigned char scl,
 				unsigned char sda_pull, unsigned char scl_pull) :
 			sda(sda), scl(scl), sda_pull(sda_pull), scl_pull(scl_pull) {}
diff --git a/src/driver/soft_i2c.cc b/src/driver/soft_i2c.cc
index 652328695c6c8fc14afbd559170fb7ebde799ae4..e16c4a11b24ec5c885aab9b94d42b042595f4e3d 100644
--- a/src/driver/soft_i2c.cc
+++ b/src/driver/soft_i2c.cc
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ signed char SoftI2C::setup()
 #endif
 #ifdef SOFTI2C_PULLUP_FIXED_GPIO
 #if MULTIPASS_ARCH_msp430fr5969lp
-	gpio.output(GPIO::p1_4);
-	gpio.output(GPIO::p1_5);
-	gpio.write(GPIO::p1_4, 1);
-	gpio.write(GPIO::p1_5, 1);
+	gpio.output(GPIO::p1_4, 1);
+	gpio.output(GPIO::p1_5, 1);
 #else
 #error "softi2c_pullup=gpio not supported on this architecture"
 #endif /* MULTIPASS_ARCH_* */