diff --git a/drivers/staging/agnx/agnx.h b/drivers/staging/agnx/agnx.h
index 6f89b9bf796f..a75b0db3726c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/agnx/agnx.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/agnx/agnx.h
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ struct agnx_priv {
 	int mode;
 	int channel;
 	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
-	u8 ssid[32];
-	size_t ssid_len;
 
 	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	u8 revid;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/agnx/pci.c b/drivers/staging/agnx/pci.c
index 2e3a8d30fa9d..80cccca974af 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/agnx/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/agnx/pci.c
@@ -324,12 +324,6 @@ static int agnx_config_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *dev,
 		sta_power_init(priv, BSSID_STAID);
 		agnx_write32(ctl, AGNX_BM_MTSM, 0xff & ~0x1);
 	}
-	if (conf->ssid_len != priv->ssid_len ||
-	    memcmp(conf->ssid, priv->ssid, conf->ssid_len)) {
-		agnx_set_ssid(priv, conf->ssid, conf->ssid_len);
-		priv->ssid_len = conf->ssid_len;
-		memcpy(priv->ssid, conf->ssid, conf->ssid_len);
-	}
 	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 	return 0;
 } /* agnx_config_interface */