diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index bc6eef6af810..f13de2d8aef3 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -391,11 +391,6 @@ struct dsa_switch {
 	 */
 	u32			vlan_filtering:1;
 
-	/* MAC PCS does not provide link state change interrupt, and requires
-	 * polling. Flag passed on to PHYLINK.
-	 */
-	u32			pcs_poll:1;
-
 	/* For switches that only have the MRU configurable. To ensure the
 	 * configured MTU is not exceeded, normalization of MRU on all bridged
 	 * interfaces is needed.
diff --git a/net/dsa/port.c b/net/dsa/port.c
index 056c6f51ac20..258782bf4271 100644
--- a/net/dsa/port.c
+++ b/net/dsa/port.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,6 @@ static int dsa_port_phylink_register(struct dsa_port *dp)
 
 	dp->pl_config.dev = ds->dev;
 	dp->pl_config.type = PHYLINK_DEV;
-	dp->pl_config.pcs_poll = ds->pcs_poll;
 
 	err = dsa_port_phylink_create(dp);
 	if (err)