diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/efi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/efi.c
index c2fa9b8b497e0..0084548e47428 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/efi.c
@@ -459,9 +459,6 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
 	x86_platform.set_wallclock = efi_set_rtc_mmss;
 #endif
 
-	/* Setup for EFI runtime service */
-	reboot_type = BOOT_EFI;
-
 #if EFI_DEBUG
 	print_efi_memmap();
 #endif