diff --git a/namedev.c b/namedev.c
index 4b3674935aa..cd1f2de989e 100644
--- a/namedev.c
+++ b/namedev.c
@@ -531,28 +531,6 @@ static int match_id(struct config_device *dev, struct sysfs_device *sysfs_device
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int match_place(struct config_device *dev, struct sysfs_device *sysfs_device)
-{
-	char path[PATH_SIZE];
-	char *temp;
-
-	strlcpy(path, sysfs_device->path, sizeof(path));
-	temp = strrchr(path, '/');
-	dbg("search '%s' in '%s', path='%s'", dev->place, temp, path);
-	if (strstr(temp, dev->place) != NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* try the parent */
-	temp[0] = '\0';
-	temp = strrchr(path, '/');
-	dbg("search '%s' in '%s', path='%s'", dev->place, temp, path);
-	if (strstr(temp, dev->place) == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	dbg("place doesn't match");
-	return -ENODEV;
-}
-
 static int match_rule(struct udevice *udev, struct config_device *dev,
 		      struct sysfs_class_device *class_dev, struct sysfs_device *sysfs_device)
 {
@@ -622,20 +600,6 @@ static int match_rule(struct udevice *udev, struct config_device *dev,
 			dbg(FIELD_ID " matches");
 		}
 
-		/* check for matching place of device */
-		if (dev->place[0] != '\0') {
-			if (sysfs_device == NULL) {
-				dbg("device has no sysfs_device");
-				goto try_parent;
-			}
-			dbg("check " FIELD_PLACE);
-			if (match_place(dev, sysfs_device) != 0) {
-				dbg(FIELD_PLACE " is not matching");
-				goto try_parent;
-			}
-			dbg(FIELD_PLACE " matches");
-		}
-
 		/* check for matching sysfs pairs */
 		if (dev->sysfs_pair[0].file[0] != '\0') {
 			dbg("check " FIELD_SYSFS " pairs");
diff --git a/namedev.h b/namedev.h
index 76caaaa9f7a..d0235996bc2 100644
--- a/namedev.h
+++ b/namedev.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct sysfs_class_device;
 #define FIELD_BUS		"BUS"
 #define FIELD_SYSFS		"SYSFS"
 #define FIELD_ID		"ID"
-#define FIELD_PLACE		"PLACE"
 #define FIELD_PROGRAM		"PROGRAM"
 #define FIELD_RESULT		"RESULT"
 #define FIELD_DRIVER		"DRIVER"
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ struct config_device {
 	char subsystem[NAME_SIZE];
 	char bus[NAME_SIZE];
 	char id[NAME_SIZE];
-	char place[NAME_SIZE];
 	struct sysfs_pair sysfs_pair[MAX_SYSFS_PAIRS];
 	char program[PATH_SIZE];
 	char result[PATH_SIZE];
diff --git a/namedev_parse.c b/namedev_parse.c
index b19a5f26f5a..3be408932bc 100644
--- a/namedev_parse.c
+++ b/namedev_parse.c
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ static int add_config_dev(struct config_device *new_dev)
 
 void dump_config_dev(struct config_device *dev)
 {
-	dbg_parse("name='%s', symlink='%s', bus='%s', place='%s', id='%s', "
+	dbg_parse("name='%s', symlink='%s', bus='%s', id='%s', "
 		  "sysfs_file[0]='%s', sysfs_value[0]='%s', "
 		  "kernel='%s', program='%s', result='%s'"
 		  "owner='%s', group='%s', mode=%#o",
-		  dev->name, dev->symlink, dev->bus, dev->place, dev->id,
+		  dev->name, dev->symlink, dev->bus, dev->id,
 		  dev->sysfs_pair[0].file, dev->sysfs_pair[0].value,
 		  dev->kernel, dev->program, dev->result,
 		  dev->owner, dev->group, dev->mode);
@@ -196,12 +196,6 @@ static int namedev_parse(struct udevice *udev, const char *filename)
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (strcasecmp(temp2, FIELD_PLACE) == 0) {
-				strlcpy(dev.place, temp3, sizeof(dev.place));
-				valid = 1;
-				continue;
-			}
-
 			if (strncasecmp(temp2, FIELD_SYSFS, sizeof(FIELD_SYSFS)-1) == 0) {
 				struct sysfs_pair *pair = &dev.sysfs_pair[0];
 				int sysfs_pair_num = 0;
diff --git a/test/udev-test.pl b/test/udev-test.pl
index 9699f2e8f50..c7e1a9d47e7 100644
--- a/test/udev-test.pl
+++ b/test/udev-test.pl
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ EOF
 		devpath		=> "/block/sda/sda3",
 		exp_name	=> "first_disk3" ,
 		conf		=> <<EOF
-BUS="scsi", PLACE="0:0:0:0", NAME="first_disk%n"
+BUS="scsi", ID="0:0:0:0", NAME="first_disk%n"
 EOF
 	},
 	{
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ EOF
 		devpath		=> "/block/sda/sda3",
 		exp_name	=> "Major:8:minor:3:kernelnumber:3:bus:0:0:0:0" ,
 		conf		=> <<EOF
-BUS="scsi", PLACE="0:0:0:0", NAME="Major:%M:minor:%m:kernelnumber:%n:bus:%b"
+BUS="scsi", ID="0:0:0:0", NAME="Major:%M:minor:%m:kernelnumber:%n:bus:%b"
 EOF
 	},
 	{
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ EOF
 		devpath		=> "/block/sda/sda3",
 		exp_name	=> "M8-m3-n3-b0:0-sIBM" ,
 		conf		=> <<EOF
-BUS="scsi", PLACE="0:0:0:0", NAME="M%M-m%m-n%n-b%3b-s%3s{vendor}"
+BUS="scsi", ID="0:0:0:0", NAME="M%M-m%m-n%n-b%3b-s%3s{vendor}"
 EOF
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/udev.8.in b/udev.8.in
index 936ec15d2a1..e0259605325 100644
--- a/udev.8.in
+++ b/udev.8.in
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ Match the kernel driver name.
 .B ID
 Match the device number on the bus, like PCI bus id.
 .TP
-.B PLACE
-Match the topological position on bus, like physical port of USB device
-.TP
 .BI SYSFS{ filename }
 Match sysfs device attribute like label, vendor, USB serial number, SCSI UUID
 or file system label. Up to 5 different sysfs files can be checked, with
@@ -255,7 +252,7 @@ BUS="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}="IBM", SYSFS{model}="ST336", NAME="boot%n"
 BUS="pci", ID="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp"
 
 # USB mouse at third port of the second hub to be called mouse1
-BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1"
+BUS="usb", ID="2.3", NAME="mouse1"
 
 # ttyUSB1 should always be called pda with two additional symlinks
 KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda", SYMLINK="palmtop handheld"