diff --git a/conf/init.zuma.rc b/conf/init.zuma.rc
index 004ea6eb..6c3e2aea 100644
--- a/conf/init.zuma.rc
+++ b/conf/init.zuma.rc
@@ -333,20 +333,6 @@ on init
     chown system system /sys/devices/platform/13120000.pcie/link_stats/link_recovery_failures
     chown system system /sys/devices/platform/13120000.pcie/link_stats/link_up_failures
 
-    # Write MTE config
-    # Little Cores:
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/mte_tcf_preferred sync
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/mte_tcf_preferred sync
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/mte_tcf_preferred sync
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/mte_tcf_preferred sync
-    # Mid Cores:
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/mte_tcf_preferred sync
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/mte_tcf_preferred sync
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/mte_tcf_preferred sync
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/mte_tcf_preferred sync
-    # Big Core: sync more performance is prohibitively bad
-    write /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/mte_tcf_preferred asymm
-
 on post-fs
     # Ensure device is ready and start storageproxyd
     wait /dev/sg1