diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index 516227fa668e..1beb89673b0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -1632,12 +1632,6 @@ void ath9k_hw_beaconinit(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 next_beacon, u32 beacon_period)
 	ENABLE_REGWRITE_BUFFER(ah);
 
 	switch (ah->opmode) {
-	case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
-		REG_WRITE(ah, AR_NEXT_TBTT_TIMER, TU_TO_USEC(next_beacon));
-		REG_WRITE(ah, AR_NEXT_DMA_BEACON_ALERT, 0xffff);
-		REG_WRITE(ah, AR_NEXT_SWBA, 0x7ffff);
-		flags |= AR_TBTT_TIMER_EN;
-		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
 		REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_TXCFG,
@@ -1661,14 +1655,6 @@ void ath9k_hw_beaconinit(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 next_beacon, u32 beacon_period)
 			AR_TBTT_TIMER_EN | AR_DBA_TIMER_EN | AR_SWBA_TIMER_EN;
 		break;
 	default:
-		if (ah->is_monitoring) {
-			REG_WRITE(ah, AR_NEXT_TBTT_TIMER,
-					TU_TO_USEC(next_beacon));
-			REG_WRITE(ah, AR_NEXT_DMA_BEACON_ALERT, 0xffff);
-			REG_WRITE(ah, AR_NEXT_SWBA, 0x7ffff);
-			flags |= AR_TBTT_TIMER_EN;
-			break;
-		}
 		ath_dbg(ath9k_hw_common(ah), ATH_DBG_BEACON,
 			"%s: unsupported opmode: %d\n",
 			__func__, ah->opmode);