diff --git a/src/emu/machine/8042kbdc.c b/src/emu/machine/8042kbdc.c
index 87653ee63d3..d0d5e292126 100644
--- a/src/emu/machine/8042kbdc.c
+++ b/src/emu/machine/8042kbdc.c
@@ -483,9 +483,6 @@ WRITE8_HANDLER(kbdc8042_8_w)
 
 	case 1:
 		kbdc8042.speaker = data;
-#ifdef MESS
-		pc_sh_speaker(machine, data&3);
-#endif /* MESS */
 		break;
 
 	case 4: