diff --git a/avr/modules/lcd/main.asm b/avr/modules/lcd/main.asm
index 7e70eda..bc0a2ba 100644
--- a/avr/modules/lcd/main.asm
+++ b/avr/modules/lcd/main.asm
@@ -79,20 +79,6 @@ LCD_Init:
   ldi r16, 0
   rcall LCD_Fill
 
-  ldi r16, 255
-  rcall LCD_Fill
-
-  ldi r16, 0
-  rcall LCD_Fill
-
-  ldi r18, 0
-  ldi r19, 0
-  rcall LCD_SetCursor
-
-  ldi zl, LOW(lcdHelloMsg)
-  ldi zh, HIGH(lcdHelloMsg)
-  rcall LCD_PrintFromFlash
-
   ; set cursor to next line here, sometimes this doesn't work correctly
   ; when called later. TODO: find out what goes wrong here...
   ldi r18, 0
@@ -759,8 +745,6 @@ lcdInitCommandsBegin:  ; 28 bytes
    .db 0x20, 0x8d, 0x14, 0xaf
 lcdInitCommandsEnd:
 
-lcdHelloMsg: .db "AqHOME 2026", 0
-
 
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