diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
index 4b7b2582a120..85723a78793a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
@@ -1155,11 +1155,10 @@ static int sun8i_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct stmmac_resources stmmac_res;
 	struct sunxi_priv_data *gmac;
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
-	phy_interface_t interface;
-	int ret;
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv;
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct regmap *regmap;
+	int ret;
 
 	ret = stmmac_get_platform_resources(pdev, &stmmac_res);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1219,10 +1218,6 @@ static int sun8i_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = of_get_phy_mode(dev->of_node, &interface);
-	if (ret)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	plat_dat = devm_stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
@@ -1230,7 +1225,6 @@ static int sun8i_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* platform data specifying hardware features and callbacks.
 	 * hardware features were copied from Allwinner drivers.
 	 */
-	plat_dat->mac_interface = interface;
 	plat_dat->rx_coe = STMMAC_RX_COE_TYPE2;
 	plat_dat->tx_coe = 1;
 	plat_dat->flags |= STMMAC_FLAG_HAS_SUN8I;