diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63257ff9..b5880666 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
-project(pinetime VERSION 1.7.0 LANGUAGES C CXX ASM)
+project(pinetime VERSION 1.7.1 LANGUAGES C CXX ASM)
 
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
diff --git a/src/drivers/Cst816s.cpp b/src/drivers/Cst816s.cpp
index 4aac19f9..bf51a8ba 100644
--- a/src/drivers/Cst816s.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/Cst816s.cpp
@@ -32,17 +32,11 @@ bool Cst816S::Init() {
   twiMaster.Read(twiAddress, 0xa7, &dummy, 1);
   vTaskDelay(5);
 
-  static constexpr uint8_t maxRetries = 3;
-  bool isDeviceOk;
-  uint8_t retries = 0;
-  do {
-    isDeviceOk = CheckDeviceIds();
-    retries++;
-  } while (!isDeviceOk && retries < maxRetries);
-
-  if (!isDeviceOk) {
-    return false;
-  }
+  // TODO This function check that the device IDs from the controller are equal to the ones
+  // we expect. However, it seems to return false positive (probably in case of communication issue).
+  // Also, it seems that some users have pinetimes that works correctly but that report different device IDs
+  // Until we know more about this, we'll just read the IDs but not take any action in case they are not 'valid'
+  CheckDeviceIds();
 
   /*
   [2] EnConLR - Continuous operation can slide around