diff --git a/plat/st/stm32mp1/bl2_plat_setup.c b/plat/st/stm32mp1/bl2_plat_setup.c
index 3a79cfd81..b897e0d78 100644
--- a/plat/st/stm32mp1/bl2_plat_setup.c
+++ b/plat/st/stm32mp1/bl2_plat_setup.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ void bl2_platform_setup(void)
 
 void bl2_el3_plat_arch_setup(void)
 {
-	int32_t result;
 	const char *board_model;
 	boot_api_context_t *boot_context =
 		(boot_api_context_t *)stm32mp_get_boot_ctx_address();
@@ -293,11 +292,6 @@ skip_console_init:
 
 	stm32_iwdg_refresh();
 
-	result = stm32mp1_dbgmcu_freeze_iwdg2();
-	if (result != 0) {
-		INFO("IWDG2 freeze error : %i\n", result);
-	}
-
 	stm32mp1_auth_ops.check_key = boot_context->bootrom_ecdsa_check_key;
 	stm32mp1_auth_ops.verify_signature =
 		boot_context->bootrom_ecdsa_verify_signature;
diff --git a/plat/st/stm32mp1/include/stm32mp1_dbgmcu.h b/plat/st/stm32mp1/include/stm32mp1_dbgmcu.h
index 498a4f210..3663bce67 100644
--- a/plat/st/stm32mp1/include/stm32mp1_dbgmcu.h
+++ b/plat/st/stm32mp1/include/stm32mp1_dbgmcu.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2019, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2021, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -13,11 +13,4 @@
 int stm32mp1_dbgmcu_get_chip_version(uint32_t *chip_version);
 int stm32mp1_dbgmcu_get_chip_dev_id(uint32_t *chip_dev_id);
 
-/*
- * Freeze watchdog when a debugger is attached, if the security configuration
- * allows it.
- * Return 0 on success, a negative error value otherwise.
- */
-int stm32mp1_dbgmcu_freeze_iwdg2(void);
-
 #endif /* STM32MP1_DBGMCU_H */
diff --git a/plat/st/stm32mp1/stm32mp1_dbgmcu.c b/plat/st/stm32mp1/stm32mp1_dbgmcu.c
index 90323ac61..1826783fb 100644
--- a/plat/st/stm32mp1/stm32mp1_dbgmcu.c
+++ b/plat/st/stm32mp1/stm32mp1_dbgmcu.c
@@ -18,28 +18,16 @@
 #include <stm32mp1_dbgmcu.h>
 
 #define DBGMCU_IDC		U(0x00)
-#define DBGMCU_APB4FZ1		U(0x2C)
 
 #define DBGMCU_IDC_DEV_ID_MASK	GENMASK(11, 0)
 #define DBGMCU_IDC_REV_ID_MASK	GENMASK(31, 16)
 #define DBGMCU_IDC_REV_ID_SHIFT	16
 
-#define DBGMCU_APB4FZ1_IWDG2	BIT(2)
-
 static int stm32mp1_dbgmcu_init(void)
 {
-	uint32_t dbg_conf;
-
-	dbg_conf = bsec_read_debug_conf();
-
-	if ((dbg_conf & BSEC_DBGSWGEN) == 0U) {
-		uint32_t result = bsec_write_debug_conf(dbg_conf |
-							BSEC_DBGSWGEN);
-
-		if (result != BSEC_OK) {
-			ERROR("Error enabling DBGSWGEN\n");
-			return -1;
-		}
+	if ((bsec_read_debug_conf() & BSEC_DBGSWGEN) == 0U) {
+		INFO("Software access to all debug components is disabled\n");
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	mmio_setbits_32(RCC_BASE + RCC_DBGCFGR, RCC_DBGCFGR_DBGCKEN);
@@ -84,25 +72,3 @@ int stm32mp1_dbgmcu_get_chip_dev_id(uint32_t *chip_dev_id)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-/*
- * @brief  Freeze IWDG2 in debug mode.
- * @retval None.
- */
-int stm32mp1_dbgmcu_freeze_iwdg2(void)
-{
-	uint32_t dbg_conf;
-
-	if (stm32mp1_dbgmcu_init() != 0) {
-		return -EPERM;
-	}
-
-	dbg_conf = bsec_read_debug_conf();
-
-	if ((dbg_conf & (BSEC_SPIDEN | BSEC_SPINDEN)) != 0U) {
-		mmio_setbits_32(DBGMCU_BASE + DBGMCU_APB4FZ1,
-				DBGMCU_APB4FZ1_IWDG2);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}