diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
index 26431267a3e2d790d4eae99e65881ca60bd2047d..b311ec974c6ac28526989d0fb412f362a6842576 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
@@ -1769,13 +1769,6 @@ void mmc_detach_bus(struct mmc_host *host)
 static void _mmc_detect_change(struct mmc_host *host, unsigned long delay,
 				bool cd_irq)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_DEBUG
-	unsigned long flags;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
-	WARN_ON(host->removed);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * If the device is configured as wakeup, we prevent a new sleep for
 	 * 5 s to give provision for user space to consume the event.
@@ -2646,12 +2639,6 @@ void mmc_start_host(struct mmc_host *host)
 
 void mmc_stop_host(struct mmc_host *host)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_DEBUG
-	unsigned long flags;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
-	host->removed = 1;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
-#endif
 	if (host->slot.cd_irq >= 0) {
 		if (host->slot.cd_wake_enabled)
 			disable_irq_wake(host->slot.cd_irq);
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
index ebd1cebbef0c9a1732e0b36542c3053f7d32c7d5..4617c21f97f7907b9225c91777c9178def25912d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
@@ -328,9 +328,6 @@ struct mmc_host {
 	unsigned int		use_spi_crc:1;
 	unsigned int		claimed:1;	/* host exclusively claimed */
 	unsigned int		bus_dead:1;	/* bus has been released */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_DEBUG
-	unsigned int		removed:1;	/* host is being removed */
-#endif
 	unsigned int		can_retune:1;	/* re-tuning can be used */
 	unsigned int		doing_retune:1;	/* re-tuning in progress */
 	unsigned int		retune_now:1;	/* do re-tuning at next req */