diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
index 497bd026c2378eec6e781df68d007c135be4c1f7..4a48255281887e8c03f9dbacccf404f4f9c52476 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
@@ -1643,10 +1643,6 @@ setup_hfcpci(struct IsdnCard *card)
 	int i;
 	struct pci_dev *tmp_hfcpci = NULL;
 
-#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
-#error "not running on big endian machines now"
-#endif
-
 	strcpy(tmp, hfcpci_revision);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "HiSax: HFC-PCI driver Rev. %s\n", HiSax_getrev(tmp));
 
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/telespci.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/telespci.c
index f6ab63aa699590278531ba9ae6ceabe75ba90813..33eeb4602c7e7131078d78d97b24f09971b8396e 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/telespci.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/telespci.c
@@ -290,10 +290,6 @@ int setup_telespci(struct IsdnCard *card)
 	struct IsdnCardState *cs = card->cs;
 	char tmp[64];
 
-#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
-#error "not running on big endian machines now"
-#endif
-
 	strcpy(tmp, telespci_revision);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "HiSax: Teles/PCI driver Rev. %s\n", HiSax_getrev(tmp));
 	if (cs->typ != ISDN_CTYPE_TELESPCI)