diff --git a/hw/gumstix.c b/hw/gumstix.c
index 70abbdc27eb4402fd0b6e7de22d714deb7ec4706..87d84b6b92e84a933f9b2edae9ebec81d0b29860 100644
--- a/hw/gumstix.c
+++ b/hw/gumstix.c
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@ static void connex_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
     uint32_t connex_rom = 0x01000000;
     uint32_t connex_ram = 0x04000000;
 
-    if (ram_size < (connex_ram + connex_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "This platform requires %i bytes of memory\n",
-                connex_ram + connex_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
     cpu = pxa255_init(connex_ram);
 
     index = drive_get_index(IF_PFLASH, 0, 0);
@@ -92,12 +86,6 @@ static void verdex_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
     uint32_t verdex_rom = 0x02000000;
     uint32_t verdex_ram = 0x10000000;
 
-    if (ram_size < (verdex_ram + verdex_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "This platform requires %i bytes of memory\n",
-                verdex_ram + verdex_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
     cpu = pxa270_init(verdex_ram, cpu_model ?: "pxa270-c0");
 
     index = drive_get_index(IF_PFLASH, 0, 0);
diff --git a/hw/mainstone.c b/hw/mainstone.c
index 5f4cc91f4c705aea590abbd8d881c101710b9f98..e5bca4af9ba9d099de4c7ea5a667f7969c6ad88a 100644
--- a/hw/mainstone.c
+++ b/hw/mainstone.c
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@ static void mainstone_common_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
         cpu_model = "pxa270-c5";
 
     /* Setup CPU & memory */
-    if (ram_size < MAINSTONE_RAM + MAINSTONE_ROM + 2 * MAINSTONE_FLASH +
-                    PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "This platform requires %i bytes of memory\n",
-                        MAINSTONE_RAM + MAINSTONE_ROM + 2 * MAINSTONE_FLASH +
-                        PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
     cpu = pxa270_init(mainstone_binfo.ram_size, cpu_model);
     cpu_register_physical_memory(0, MAINSTONE_ROM,
                     qemu_ram_alloc(MAINSTONE_ROM) | IO_MEM_ROM);
diff --git a/hw/palm.c b/hw/palm.c
index a0c714355e58555de4d828fe2191f31124dc3e92..0b504a9b0a63fd6fd95374866b8fe36938081288 100644
--- a/hw/palm.c
+++ b/hw/palm.c
@@ -216,12 +216,6 @@ static void palmte_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
     int rom_size, rom_loaded = 0;
     DisplayState *ds = get_displaystate();
 
-    if (ram_size < flash_size + sdram_size + OMAP15XX_SRAM_SIZE) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "This architecture uses %i bytes of memory\n",
-                        flash_size + sdram_size + OMAP15XX_SRAM_SIZE);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
     cpu = omap310_mpu_init(sdram_size, cpu_model);
 
     /* External Flash (EMIFS) */
diff --git a/hw/ppc405_boards.c b/hw/ppc405_boards.c
index cded19794427b0a4a79bb2a0cdb96d952fc4fc61..df834cd8530d3796c12af6dfe099487b9ddb96f3 100644
--- a/hw/ppc405_boards.c
+++ b/hw/ppc405_boards.c
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ static void taihu_405ep_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
     ram_sizes[0] = 0x04000000;
     ram_bases[1] = qemu_ram_alloc(0x04000000);
     ram_sizes[1] = 0x04000000;
+    ram_size = 0x08000000;
 #ifdef DEBUG_BOARD_INIT
     printf("%s: register cpu\n", __func__);
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/spitz.c b/hw/spitz.c
index 6a15c78192a8fec7433139346b96993fada8bd13..852d9b9675c271880849fb879a9af0f0efa43ee7 100644
--- a/hw/spitz.c
+++ b/hw/spitz.c
@@ -919,11 +919,6 @@ static void spitz_common_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
         cpu_model = (model == terrier) ? "pxa270-c5" : "pxa270-c0";
 
     /* Setup CPU & memory */
-    if (ram_size < SPITZ_RAM + SPITZ_ROM + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "This platform requires %i bytes of memory\n",
-                        SPITZ_RAM + SPITZ_ROM + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE);
-        exit(1);
-    }
     cpu = pxa270_init(spitz_binfo.ram_size, cpu_model);
 
     sl_flash_register(cpu, (model == spitz) ? FLASH_128M : FLASH_1024M);
diff --git a/hw/tosa.c b/hw/tosa.c
index 55042e3515191971537b59db1b25310950962d28..de308a9d8eb42296ea2d5c0eb3d8147193befda2 100644
--- a/hw/tosa.c
+++ b/hw/tosa.c
@@ -205,12 +205,6 @@ static void tosa_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
     struct tc6393xb_s *tmio;
     struct scoop_info_s *scp0, *scp1;
 
-    if (ram_size < (TOSA_RAM + TOSA_ROM + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE + TC6393XB_RAM)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "This platform requires %i bytes of memory\n",
-                TOSA_RAM + TOSA_ROM + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
     if (!cpu_model)
         cpu_model = "pxa255";