diff --git a/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD b/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
index de82c6deb..a74e676b2 100644
--- a/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
+++ b/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname=msm-modem
-pkgver=4
-pkgrel=1
+pkgver=5
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Common support for Qualcomm MSM modems"
 url="https://postmarketos.org/"
 arch="armhf armv7 aarch64"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ downstream() {
 
 sha512sums="
 3172f8c409f552f13d1da29f14ab6c79072cd6da4acab151a1a0ea1858a416974456852609f14fe29cf97a6a45e60b99d0a57ddcde751da243ee5ac6fa8b672c  msm-modem-downstream.initd
-28668a53eb5854d89ae509d0187092610dfe26c4f5b30b9424240c320095fd40742974bf8daa18aa2759ffb4a3d1fff74b2ed063018082ff5dc5cbc45d52d8ab  msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
+9ce373d668a4324ef4d2f465b2524e45b46dc2b93a718ec6bd0c681a99a6506c707083dc9295f30a704526f7b2c508af8bef873fd2ef7ee4638f573677ac79e4  msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
 11437625988fcf57aa0b70f11496c458d4516de16391c2869ae975362f282d21d3af521a41dea00312797d20d52be5112dbf0041986bfb40f3b9fa5948d2c695  udev-rpmsg.rules
 2a511c2e249d0ec5a52f04ffe1ef3d29cf3c4813143b103e54879ff89176ea45b1a5ffe21cb7dc2f1cdd84c3102ba45ef9926ed37e00b1ae12a36d01de35ea5a  udev-downstream.rules
 "
diff --git a/modem/msm-modem/msm-modem-uim-selection.initd b/modem/msm-modem/msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
index ca801604b..07df67c15 100644
--- a/modem/msm-modem/msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
+++ b/modem/msm-modem/msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
@@ -58,22 +58,6 @@ start() {
 
 	QMI_CARDS=$($QMICLI_MODEM --uim-get-card-status)
 
-	# Fail if all slots are empty but wait a bit for the sim to appear.
-	count=0
-	while ! printf "%s" "$QMI_CARDS" | grep -Fq "Card state: 'present'" && [ "$count" -lt "11" ]
-	do
-		sleep 1
-		count=$((count+1))
-		QMI_CARDS=$($QMICLI_MODEM --uim-get-card-status)
-	done
-
-	if [ "$count" -gt "10" ]
-	then
-		eend 4 'No sim present.'
-		return 4
-	fi
-	veinfo "Waited $count seconds for modem to come up"
-
 	# Clear the selected application in case the modem is in a bugged state
 	if ! printf "%s" "$QMI_CARDS" | grep -Fq "Primary GW:   session doesn't exist"
 	then