#include "spk_types.h"
 #include "spk_priv.h"
 
-#define DEV_PREFIX_LP "lp"
-
-static const char * const lp_supported[] = { "acntsa", "bns", "dummy",
-       "txprt" };
-
 struct spk_ldisc_data {
        char buf;
        struct semaphore sem;
 {
        /* use ser only when dev is not specified */
        if (strcmp(synth->dev_name, SYNTH_DEFAULT_DEV) ||
-           synth->ser == SYNTH_DEFAULT_SER) {
-               /* for /dev/lp* check if synth is supported */
-               if (strncmp(synth->dev_name, DEV_PREFIX_LP,
-                   strlen(DEV_PREFIX_LP)) == 0)
-                       if (match_string(lp_supported, ARRAY_SIZE(lp_supported),
-                           synth->name) < 0)  {
-                               int i;
-
-                               pr_err("speakup: lp* is only supported on:");
-                               for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lp_supported); i++)
-                                       pr_cont(" %s", lp_supported[i]);
-                               pr_cont("\n");
-
-                               return -ENOTSUPP;
-                       }
-
+           synth->ser == SYNTH_DEFAULT_SER)
                return tty_dev_name_to_number(synth->dev_name, dev_no);
-       }
 
        return ser_to_dev(synth->ser, dev_no);
 }