diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 6a81f0273f45..fc02f5f05b38 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mellanox Connect-IB HCA IB driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
 
-static int deprecated_prof_sel = 2;
-module_param_named(prof_sel, deprecated_prof_sel, int, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(prof_sel, "profile selector. Deprecated here. Moved to module mlx5_core");
-
 static char mlx5_version[] =
 	DRIVER_NAME ": Mellanox Connect-IB Infiniband driver v"
 	DRIVER_VERSION " (" DRIVER_RELDATE ")\n";
@@ -3479,9 +3475,6 @@ static int __init mlx5_ib_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (deprecated_prof_sel != 2)
-		pr_warn("prof_sel is deprecated for mlx5_ib, set it for mlx5_core\n");
-
 	err = mlx5_register_interface(&mlx5_ib_interface);
 
 	return err;