diff --git a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
index 51f4552574..fb5bc1b694 100644
--- a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
@@ -1639,19 +1639,10 @@ void PortsOrch::doPortTask(Consumer &consumer)
                     getPortSpeed(it->second, port_speed);
                     if ((m_lanesAliasSpeedMap.find(it->first) == m_lanesAliasSpeedMap.end()) || (get<1>(is->second) != port_speed))
                     {
-                        char *platform = getenv("platform");
-                        if (platform && (strstr(platform, BFN_PLATFORM_SUBSTRING) || strstr(platform, MLNX_PLATFORM_SUBSTRING) || strstr(platform, INVM_PLATFORM_SUBSTRING)))
+                        if (!removePort(it->second))
                         {
-                            if (!removePort(it->second))
-                            {
-                                throw runtime_error("PortsOrch initialization failure.");
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            SWSS_LOG_NOTICE("Failed to remove Port %" PRIx64 " due to missing SAI remove_port API.", it->second);
+                            throw runtime_error("PortsOrch initialization failure.");
                         }
-
                         it = m_portListLaneMap.erase(it);
                     }
                     else
@@ -1666,22 +1657,11 @@ void PortsOrch::doPortTask(Consumer &consumer)
 
                     if (m_portListLaneMap.find(it->first) == m_portListLaneMap.end())
                     {
-                        // work around to avoid syncd termination on SAI error due missing create_port SAI API
-                        // can be removed when SAI redis return NotImplemented error
-                        char *platform = getenv("platform");
-                        if (platform && (strstr(platform, BFN_PLATFORM_SUBSTRING) || strstr(platform, MLNX_PLATFORM_SUBSTRING) || strstr(platform, INVM_PLATFORM_SUBSTRING)))
+                        if (!addPort(it->first, get<1>(it->second), get<2>(it->second), get<3>(it->second)))
                         {
-                            if (!addPort(it->first, get<1>(it->second), get<2>(it->second), get<3>(it->second)))
-                            {
-                                throw runtime_error("PortsOrch initialization failure.");
-                            }
-
-                            port_created = true;
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            SWSS_LOG_NOTICE("Failed to create Port %s due to missing SAI create_port API.", get<0>(it->second).c_str());
+                            throw runtime_error("PortsOrch initialization failure.");
                         }
+                        port_created = true;
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -2745,7 +2725,7 @@ bool PortsOrch::removeVlan(Port vlan)
     SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
     if (m_port_ref_count[vlan.m_alias] > 0)
     {
-        SWSS_LOG_ERROR("Failed to remove ref count %d VLAN %s", 
+        SWSS_LOG_ERROR("Failed to remove ref count %d VLAN %s",
                        m_port_ref_count[vlan.m_alias],
                        vlan.m_alias.c_str());
         return false;
@@ -2929,8 +2909,8 @@ bool PortsOrch::removeLag(Port lag)
 
     if (m_port_ref_count[lag.m_alias] > 0)
     {
-        SWSS_LOG_ERROR("Failed to remove ref count %d LAG %s", 
-                        m_port_ref_count[lag.m_alias], 
+        SWSS_LOG_ERROR("Failed to remove ref count %d LAG %s",
+                        m_port_ref_count[lag.m_alias],
                         lag.m_alias.c_str());
         return false;
     }