diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 1e8db8ae6159640502392c2d65309fcf81e47b3e..9d67fdf1c26acbb3851c0635d037a2ede14420e7 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ static inline int __deprecated __IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME(void)
 #define IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME (__IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME())
 
 struct ieee80211_ht_conf {
-	bool enabled;
 	enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
 };
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ht.c b/net/mac80211/ht.c
index c5c0c5271096ca7ae3369c2d99b0eeafe34bd413..f6547de5ac6b2d0a603571a469ff49e950f178bd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ht.c
@@ -130,11 +130,10 @@ u32 ieee80211_enable_ht(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ht_changed = local->hw.conf.ht.enabled != enable_ht ||
+	ht_changed = conf_is_ht(&local->hw.conf) != enable_ht ||
 		     channel_type != local->hw.conf.ht.channel_type;
 
 	local->oper_channel_type = channel_type;
-	local->hw.conf.ht.enabled = enable_ht;
 
 	if (ht_changed)
 		ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_HT);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 24b14363d6e70c77766c06946ba5407de122dc89..a6cb480dda0dee275087cde13821aaff89886f9f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -211,16 +211,6 @@ int ieee80211_hw_config(struct ieee80211_local *local, u32 changed)
 	    channel_type != local->hw.conf.ht.channel_type) {
 		local->hw.conf.channel = chan;
 		local->hw.conf.ht.channel_type = channel_type;
-		switch (channel_type) {
-		case NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT:
-			local->hw.conf.ht.enabled = false;
-			break;
-		case NL80211_CHAN_HT20:
-		case NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS:
-		case NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS:
-			local->hw.conf.ht.enabled = true;
-			break;
-		}
 		changed |= IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 599a42172a16dfcb6422070af91edae36f7fa7cd..12976026cc45f230c64881bc4a5fd8f2a8973aea 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ static void ieee80211_set_disassoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	local->hw.conf.ht.enabled = false;
 	local->oper_channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
 	config_changed |= IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_HT;