diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
index abdf8576d796b29468f6d53565a2518d9fd74335..eb7f611b93ef72fe495101416241e773cc5878b6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
@@ -4107,8 +4107,6 @@ static void *wl_read_prof(struct wl_priv *wl, s32 item)
 	switch (item) {
 	case WL_PROF_SEC:
 		return &wl->profile->sec;
-	case WL_PROF_ACT:
-		return &wl->profile->active;
 	case WL_PROF_BSSID:
 		return &wl->profile->bssid;
 	case WL_PROF_SSID:
@@ -4142,9 +4140,6 @@ wl_update_prof(struct wl_priv *wl, const wl_event_msg_t *e, void *data,
 	case WL_PROF_SEC:
 		memcpy(&wl->profile->sec, data, sizeof(wl->profile->sec));
 		break;
-	case WL_PROF_ACT:
-		wl->profile->active = *(bool *)data;
-		break;
 	case WL_PROF_BEACONINT:
 		wl->profile->beacon_interval = *(u16 *)data;
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h
index ced637dbdb3584bc834f5d627ab66e66313c9319..2e8e14dc49222f47ea0ff1e1a932b60b027fbf36 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ struct wl_profile {
 	struct wl_security sec;
 	struct wl_ibss ibss;
 	s32 band;
-	bool active;
 };
 
 /* dongle iscan event loop */