diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/generic/ide_adapter/ide_adapter.c b/src/add-ons/kernel/generic/ide_adapter/ide_adapter.c
index 732ce25710..a35573aa65 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/generic/ide_adapter/ide_adapter.c
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/generic/ide_adapter/ide_adapter.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
 #define TRACE dprintf
 
-// set this to 1 for the ata stack, or 0 for the ide stack
-// #define ATA_STACK 0
 
 static ide_for_controller_interface *ide;
 static device_manager_info *pnp;
@@ -190,35 +188,6 @@ ide_adapter_read_pio(ide_adapter_channel_info *channel, uint16 *data,
 static int32
 ide_adapter_inthand(void *arg)
 {
-#if ATA_STACK
-	ide_adapter_channel_info *channel = (ide_adapter_channel_info *)arg;
-	pci_device_module_info *pci = channel->pci;
-	pci_device *device = channel->device;
-	uint8 statusATA, statusBM;
-
-	// this could be a spurious interrupt, so always read status
-	// register unconditionally to acknowledge those
-	statusATA = pci->read_io_8(device, channel->command_block_base + 7);
-
-	if (!channel->dmaing)
-		return B_UNHANDLED_INTERRUPT;
-
-	// read bus master DMA status to test if the interrupt was
-	// really generated by our controller
-	statusBM = pci->read_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base 
-		+ IDE_BM_STATUS_REG);
-
-	if (statusBM & IDE_BM_STATUS_INTERRUPT) {
-		// clear pending PCI bus master DMA interrupt
-		pci->write_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base + IDE_BM_STATUS_REG,
-			(statusBM & 0xf8) | IDE_BM_STATUS_INTERRUPT);
-		// signal interrupt to ATA stack
-		return ide->irq_handler(channel->ide_channel, statusATA);
-	} else {
-		return B_UNHANDLED_INTERRUPT;
-	}
-
-#else
 	ide_adapter_channel_info *channel = (ide_adapter_channel_info *)arg;
 	pci_device_module_info *pci = channel->pci;
 	pci_device *device = channel->device;
@@ -237,16 +206,12 @@ ide_adapter_inthand(void *arg)
 			+ IDE_BM_STATUS_REG);
 		if ((status & IDE_BM_STATUS_INTERRUPT) == 0)
 			return B_UNHANDLED_INTERRUPT;
-		// clear pending PCI bus master DMA interrupt
-		pci->write_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base + IDE_BM_STATUS_REG,
-			(status & 0xf8) | IDE_BM_STATUS_INTERRUPT);
 	}
 
 	// acknowledge IRQ
 	status = pci->read_io_8(device, channel->command_block_base + 7);
 
 	return ide->irq_handler(channel->ide_channel, status);
-#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -306,7 +271,6 @@ ide_adapter_start_dma(ide_adapter_channel_info *channel)
 		+ IDE_BM_COMMAND_REG);
 
 	command |= IDE_BM_COMMAND_START_STOP;
-
 	channel->dmaing = true;
 
 	pci->write_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base + IDE_BM_COMMAND_REG,
@@ -319,36 +283,6 @@ ide_adapter_start_dma(ide_adapter_channel_info *channel)
 static status_t
 ide_adapter_finish_dma(ide_adapter_channel_info *channel)
 {
-#if ATA_STACK
-	pci_device_module_info *pci = channel->pci;
-	pci_device *device = channel->device;
-	uint8 command;
-	uint8 status;
-
-	// read BM status first
-	status = pci->read_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base
-		+ IDE_BM_STATUS_REG);
-
-	// stop DMA engine, this also clears IDE_BM_STATUS_ACTIVE
-	// in the BM status register
-	command = pci->read_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base
-		+ IDE_BM_COMMAND_REG);
-	pci->write_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base + IDE_BM_COMMAND_REG,
-		command & ~IDE_BM_COMMAND_START_STOP);
-	channel->dmaing = false;
-
-	// reset error flag
-	pci->write_io_8(device, channel->bus_master_base + IDE_BM_STATUS_REG,
-		status | IDE_BM_STATUS_ERROR);
-
-	if ((status & IDE_BM_STATUS_ACTIVE) != 0)
-		return B_DEV_DATA_OVERRUN;
-
-	if ((status & IDE_BM_STATUS_ERROR) != 0)
-		return B_ERROR;
-
-	return B_OK;
-#else
 	pci_device_module_info *pci = channel->pci;
 	pci_device *device = channel->device;
 	uint8 command;
@@ -373,9 +307,7 @@ ide_adapter_finish_dma(ide_adapter_channel_info *channel)
 
 	if ((status & IDE_BM_STATUS_ERROR) != 0)
 		return B_ERROR;
-/*
-	// this doesn't work anymore, because the
-	// interrupt handler always clears this bit now
+
 	if ((status & IDE_BM_STATUS_INTERRUPT) == 0) {
 		if ((status & IDE_BM_STATUS_ACTIVE) != 0) {
 			SHOW_ERROR0( 2, "DMA transfer aborted" );
@@ -385,14 +317,13 @@ ide_adapter_finish_dma(ide_adapter_channel_info *channel)
 		SHOW_ERROR0( 2, "DMA transfer: buffer underrun" );
 		return B_DEV_DATA_UNDERRUN;
 	}
-*/
+
 	if ((status & IDE_BM_STATUS_ACTIVE) != 0) {
 		SHOW_ERROR0( 2, "DMA transfer: buffer too large" );
 		return B_DEV_DATA_OVERRUN;
 	}
 
 	return B_OK;
-#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -483,15 +414,8 @@ ide_adapter_init_channel(device_node *node,
 	}
 
 	TRACE("PCI-IDE: init channel done\n");
-
-#if ATA_STACK
-	// disable interrupts
-	ide_adapter_write_device_control(channel, ide_devctrl_bit3 | ide_devctrl_nien);
-#else
 	// enable interrupts so the channel is ready to run
 	ide_adapter_write_device_control(channel, ide_devctrl_bit3);
-#endif
-
 
 	*cookie = channel;