diff --git a/src/rtos/ChibiOS.c b/src/rtos/ChibiOS.c
index fbb6ea25c..2d8866439 100644
--- a/src/rtos/ChibiOS.c
+++ b/src/rtos/ChibiOS.c
@@ -128,15 +128,13 @@ struct rtos_type ChibiOS_rtos = {
 enum ChibiOS_symbol_values {
 	ChibiOS_VAL_rlist = 0,
 	ChibiOS_VAL_ch = 1,
-	ChibiOS_VAL_ch_debug = 2,
-	ChibiOS_VAL_chSysInit = 3
+	ChibiOS_VAL_ch_debug = 2
 };
 
 static symbol_table_elem_t ChibiOS_symbol_list[] = {
 	{ "rlist", 0, true},		/* Thread ready list */
 	{ "ch", 0, true},			/* System data structure */
 	{ "ch_debug", 0, false},	/* Memory Signature containing offsets of fields in rlist */
-	{ "chSysInit", 0, false},	/* Necessary part of API, used for ChibiOS detection */
 	{ NULL, 0, false}
 };
 
@@ -518,12 +516,11 @@ static int ChibiOS_detect_rtos(struct target *target)
 {
 	if ((target->rtos->symbols != NULL) &&
 			((target->rtos->symbols[ChibiOS_VAL_rlist].address != 0) ||
-			 (target->rtos->symbols[ChibiOS_VAL_ch].address != 0)) &&
-			(target->rtos->symbols[ChibiOS_VAL_chSysInit].address != 0)) {
+			 (target->rtos->symbols[ChibiOS_VAL_ch].address != 0))) {
 
 		if (target->rtos->symbols[ChibiOS_VAL_ch_debug].address == 0) {
-			LOG_INFO("It looks like the target is running ChibiOS without "
-					"ch_debug.");
+			LOG_INFO("It looks like the target may be running ChibiOS "
+					"without ch_debug.");
 			return 0;
 		}