diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 7b5424f398ace049d0a6c4be9724a191c7ad4f54..c2187d5e90703d636d924f9e1c9952f0f8f81cf9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -415,8 +415,7 @@ static int ioctl_do_sanitize(struct mmc_card *card)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (!(mmc_can_sanitize(card) &&
-	      (card->host->caps2 & MMC_CAP2_SANITIZE))) {
+	if (!mmc_can_sanitize(card)) {
 			pr_warn("%s: %s - SANITIZE is not supported\n",
 				mmc_hostname(card->host), __func__);
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
index 2a139b2bdb9e93e54d8f68a906a1701a7197dd0b..40f832e5db400dc002b7171e99d0e0e3f1af4e9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ struct mmc_host {
 #define MMC_CAP2_PACKED_CMD	(MMC_CAP2_PACKED_RD | \
 				 MMC_CAP2_PACKED_WR)
 #define MMC_CAP2_NO_PRESCAN_POWERUP (1 << 14)	/* Don't power up before scan */
-#define MMC_CAP2_SANITIZE	(1 << 15)		/* Support Sanitize */
 
 	mmc_pm_flag_t		pm_caps;	/* supported pm features */