diff -r 03d9640c9ce4 -r ca00393c8ca6 master/slave_config.c
--- a/master/slave_config.c	Fri Aug 01 07:22:13 2008 +0000
+++ b/master/slave_config.c	Fri Aug 01 07:23:09 2008 +0000
@@ -208,10 +208,6 @@
 	slave->config = sc;
 	sc->slave = slave;
 
-    // force reconfiguration, because the master could have had no possibility
-    // for a reconfiguration, between two operation phases.
-    slave->force_config = 1;
-
     ec_slave_request_state(slave, EC_SLAVE_STATE_OP);
 
     if (sc->master->debug_level)