2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1de9c07b..4b2a4414 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- stop probing for floppies, which can be slow (#40322)
+
 Version 10.21 - 20 August 2008, Thierry Vignaud
 
 - change system-config-printer to embed in mcc and
diff --git a/control-center b/control-center
index e37b9e33..d23fe4fd 100755
--- a/control-center
+++ b/control-center
@@ -483,9 +483,6 @@ my @tree = (
                          [ 'cdwriter', sub { @{$cdroms_by_type{burner} || []} }, N_("CD/DVD burner (%s)"),
                            N_("Set where your \"%s\" CD/DVD burner is mounted"),
                        ],
-                         [ 'floppy', \&detect_devices::floppies, N_("Floppy drive"),
-                           N_("Set where your floppy drive is mounted"),
-                       ],
                          [ 'zip', \&detect_devices::zips, N_("ZIP drive"),
                            N_("Set where your ZIP drive is mounted"),
                        ],