diff --git a/cereal b/cereal
index 0891fd758d..bbcc8eea73 160000
--- a/cereal
+++ b/cereal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0891fd758d77b616994e85a1a06b18ea3a48e3db
+Subproject commit bbcc8eea73fdf3d0cbb0cc925d47379dd33ba0b8
diff --git a/selfdrive/car/car_helpers.py b/selfdrive/car/car_helpers.py
index c0c4f4bf03..f2e1b37e38 100644
--- a/selfdrive/car/car_helpers.py
+++ b/selfdrive/car/car_helpers.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from cereal import car
 EventName = car.CarEvent.EventName
 
 
-def get_startup_event(car_recognized, controller_available, fuzzy_fingerprint, fw_seen):
+def get_startup_event(car_recognized, controller_available, fw_seen):
   if comma_remote and tested_branch:
     event = EventName.startup
   else:
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ def get_startup_event(car_recognized, controller_available, fuzzy_fingerprint, f
       event = EventName.startupNoFw
   elif car_recognized and not controller_available:
     event = EventName.startupNoControl
-  elif car_recognized and fuzzy_fingerprint:
-    event = EventName.startupFuzzyFingerprint
   return event
 
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/controls/controlsd.py b/selfdrive/controls/controlsd.py
index a619d7f9c7..3acd1837c4 100755
--- a/selfdrive/controls/controlsd.py
+++ b/selfdrive/controls/controlsd.py
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ class Controls:
     # TODO: no longer necessary, aside from process replay
     self.sm['liveParameters'].valid = True
 
-    self.startup_event = get_startup_event(car_recognized, controller_available, self.CP.fuzzyFingerprint,
-                                           len(self.CP.carFw) > 0)
+    self.startup_event = get_startup_event(car_recognized, controller_available, len(self.CP.carFw) > 0)
 
     if not sounds_available:
       self.events.add(EventName.soundsUnavailable, static=True)
diff --git a/selfdrive/controls/lib/events.py b/selfdrive/controls/lib/events.py
index f08803212e..af4fcd3ed1 100644
--- a/selfdrive/controls/lib/events.py
+++ b/selfdrive/controls/lib/events.py
@@ -219,14 +219,6 @@ def wrong_car_mode_alert(CP: car.CarParams, sm: messaging.SubMaster, metric: boo
   return NoEntryAlert(text, duration_hud_alert=0.)
 
 
-def startup_fuzzy_fingerprint_alert(CP: car.CarParams, sm: messaging.SubMaster, metric: bool) -> Alert:
-  return Alert(
-    "WARNING: No Exact Match on Car Model",
-    f"Closest Match: {CP.carFingerprint.title()[:40]}",
-    AlertStatus.userPrompt, AlertSize.mid,
-    Priority.LOWER, VisualAlert.none, AudibleAlert.none, 0., 0., 10.)
-
-
 def joystick_alert(CP: car.CarParams, sm: messaging.SubMaster, metric: bool) -> Alert:
   axes = sm['testJoystick'].axes
   gb, steer = list(axes)[:2] if len(axes) else (0., 0.)
@@ -291,18 +283,6 @@ EVENTS: Dict[int, Dict[str, Union[Alert, Callable[[Any, messaging.SubMaster, boo
       Priority.LOWER, VisualAlert.none, AudibleAlert.none, 0., 0., 10.),
   },
 
-  # openpilot uses the version strings from various ECUs to detect the correct car model.
-  # Usually all ECUs are recognized and an exact match to a car model can be made. Sometimes
-  # one or two ECUs have unrecognized versions, but the others are present in the database.
-  # If openpilot is confident about the match to a car model, it fingerprints anyway.
-  # In this case an alert is thrown since there is a small chance the wrong car was detected
-  # and the user should pay extra attention.
-  # This alert can be prevented by adding all ECU firmware version to openpilot:
-  # https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/wiki/Fingerprinting
-  EventName.startupFuzzyFingerprint: {
-    ET.PERMANENT: startup_fuzzy_fingerprint_alert,
-  },
-
   EventName.startupNoFw: {
     ET.PERMANENT: Alert(
       "Car Unrecognized",
diff --git a/selfdrive/controls/tests/test_startup.py b/selfdrive/controls/tests/test_startup.py
index 96a22f8723..b35aa106d8 100755
--- a/selfdrive/controls/tests/test_startup.py
+++ b/selfdrive/controls/tests/test_startup.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class TestStartup(unittest.TestCase):
     (EventName.startupNoCar, None, False, COROLLA_FW_VERSIONS[:1]),
 
     # fuzzy match
-    (EventName.startupFuzzyFingerprint, TOYOTA.COROLLA, True, COROLLA_FW_VERSIONS_FUZZY),
-    (EventName.startupFuzzyFingerprint, TOYOTA.COROLLA, False, COROLLA_FW_VERSIONS_FUZZY),
+    (EventName.startupMaster, TOYOTA.COROLLA, True, COROLLA_FW_VERSIONS_FUZZY),
+    (EventName.startupMaster, TOYOTA.COROLLA, False, COROLLA_FW_VERSIONS_FUZZY),
   ])
   @with_processes(['controlsd'])
   def test_startup_alert(self, expected_event, car_model, toggle_enabled, fw_versions):