diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
index 8acd64541171..2afd52767713 100644
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
@@ -842,16 +842,6 @@ nvme_ctrlr_start(void *ctrlr_arg)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ctrlr->num_io_queues; i++)
 		nvme_io_qpair_enable(&ctrlr->ioq[i]);
-
-	/*
-	 * Clear software progress marker to 0, to indicate to pre-boot
-	 *  software that OS driver load was successful.
-	 *
-	 * Chatham does not support this feature.
-	 */
-	if (pci_get_devid(ctrlr->dev) != CHATHAM_PCI_ID)
-		nvme_ctrlr_cmd_set_feature(ctrlr,
-		    NVME_FEAT_SOFTWARE_PROGRESS_MARKER, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 void