diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 5b53a3e23c89..26f1219a005f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ void phylink_set_pcs(struct phylink *pl, struct phylink_pcs *pcs)
 
 	if (!pl->phylink_disable_state &&
 	    pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND) {
-		if (pl->config->pcs_poll || pcs->poll)
+		if (pcs->poll)
 			mod_timer(&pl->link_poll, jiffies + HZ);
 		else
 			del_timer(&pl->link_poll);
@@ -1673,7 +1673,6 @@ void phylink_start(struct phylink *pl)
 		poll |= pl->config->poll_fixed_state;
 		break;
 	case MLO_AN_INBAND:
-		poll |= pl->config->pcs_poll;
 		if (pl->pcs)
 			poll |= pl->pcs->poll;
 		break;
diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h
index cca149f78d35..9ef9b7047f19 100644
--- a/include/linux/phylink.h
+++ b/include/linux/phylink.h
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ enum phylink_op_type {
  * @type: operation type of PHYLINK instance
  * @legacy_pre_march2020: driver has not been updated for March 2020 updates
  *	(See commit 7cceb599d15d ("net: phylink: avoid mac_config calls")
- * @pcs_poll: MAC PCS cannot provide link change interrupt
  * @poll_fixed_state: if true, starts link_poll,
  *		      if MAC link is at %MLO_AN_FIXED mode.
  * @ovr_an_inband: if true, override PCS to MLO_AN_INBAND
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ struct phylink_config {
 	struct device *dev;
 	enum phylink_op_type type;
 	bool legacy_pre_march2020;
-	bool pcs_poll;
 	bool poll_fixed_state;
 	bool ovr_an_inband;
 	void (*get_fixed_state)(struct phylink_config *config,
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)