diff --git a/build/jam/ImageRules b/build/jam/ImageRules
index 361149510a..679d65905f 100644
--- a/build/jam/ImageRules
+++ b/build/jam/ImageRules
@@ -1057,14 +1057,6 @@ rule BuildFloppyBootImage image : haikuLoader : archive
 	Depends $(image) : $(archive) ;
 	#MakeLocateDebug $(image) ;
 	ARCHIVE_IMAGE_OFFSET on $(image) = $(HAIKU_BOOT_ARCHIVE_IMAGE_OFFSET) ;
-
-	# TODO: the GCC4 archive is too large for a 1.44 floppy image
-	if $(HAIKU_GCC_VERSION[1]) = 2 {
-		FLOPPY_IMAGE_BLOCK_SIZE on $(image) = 1 ;
-	} else {
-		FLOPPY_IMAGE_BLOCK_SIZE on $(image) = 2 ;
-	}
-
 	BuildFloppyBootImage1 $(image) : $(haikuLoader) $(archive) ;
 }
 
@@ -1072,7 +1064,7 @@ actions BuildFloppyBootImage1
 {
 	$(RM) $(<)
 	# make an empty image
-	dd if=/dev/zero of=$(<) bs=$(FLOPPY_IMAGE_BLOCK_SIZE)k count=1440
+	dd if=/dev/zero of=$(<) bs=2k count=1440
 	# add haiku_loader
 	dd if=$(>[1]) of=$(<) conv=notrunc
 	# add the boot drivers tgz archive