diff --git a/src/main/sensors/battery.c b/src/main/sensors/battery.c
index 8a1175d42b..9426c3898b 100644
--- a/src/main/sensors/battery.c
+++ b/src/main/sensors/battery.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 
 #include "rx/rx.h"
 
-#define VBATT_PRESENT_THRESHOLD    10
 #define VBATT_LPF_FREQ  0.4f
 
 // Battery monitoring stuff
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ void updateBattery(void)
     updateBatteryVoltage();
 
     /* battery has just been connected*/
-    if (batteryState == BATTERY_NOT_PRESENT && vbat > MAX(VBATT_PRESENT_THRESHOLD, batteryConfig->batterynotpresentlevel))
+    if (batteryState == BATTERY_NOT_PRESENT && vbat > batteryConfig->batterynotpresentlevel )
     {
         /* Actual battery state is calculated below, this is really BATTERY_PRESENT */
         batteryState = BATTERY_OK;
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ void updateBattery(void)
         batteryCriticalVoltage = batteryCellCount * batteryConfig->vbatmincellvoltage;
     }
     /* battery has been disconnected - can take a while for filter cap to disharge so we use a threshold of VBATT_PRESENT_THRESHOLD */
-    else if (batteryState != BATTERY_NOT_PRESENT && vbat <= MAX(VBATT_PRESENT_THRESHOLD, batteryConfig->batterynotpresentlevel))
+    else if (batteryState != BATTERY_NOT_PRESENT && vbat <= batteryConfig->batterynotpresentlevel)
     {
         batteryState = BATTERY_NOT_PRESENT;
         batteryCellCount = 0;