diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 5fe01d556657..b4567c35a322 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -335,14 +335,6 @@ config MTD_SWAP
 	  The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the
 	  OOB.
 
-config MTD_SWAP_STRICT
-       bool "Strict erase error handling"
-       depends on MTD_SWAP
-       help
-	 Enables strict tolerance on failed erasures, marking erase blocks bad
-	 right after the first failed operation. With non-strict mode the
-	 erase operation is retried.
-
 source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c
index a65594fee4a3..dc4b136800b8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ struct mtdswap_oobdata {
 #define MTDSWAP_ERASE_RETRIES	3 /* Before marking erase block bad */
 #define MTDSWAP_IO_RETRIES	3
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_SWAP_STRICT
-#define MTDSWAP_STRICT		1
-#else
-#define MTDSWAP_STRICT		0
-#endif
-
 enum {
 	MTDSWAP_SCANNED_CLEAN,
 	MTDSWAP_SCANNED_DIRTY,
@@ -575,7 +569,7 @@ retry:
 
 	ret = mtd->erase(mtd, &erase);
 	if (ret) {
-		if (retries++ < MTDSWAP_ERASE_RETRIES && !MTDSWAP_STRICT) {
+		if (retries++ < MTDSWAP_ERASE_RETRIES) {
 			dev_warn(d->dev,
 				"erase of erase block %#llx on %s failed",
 				erase.addr, mtd->name);