diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.h
index 832cccec87cd9a36d2b73ae2d71424f6bf302ac4..b5963f86defb1230a81fa8635fb67f457627e16a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.h
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
 #include "igc_phy.h"
 #include "igc_defines.h"
 
-#ifndef IGC_REMOVED
-#define IGC_REMOVED(a) (0)
-#endif /* IGC_REMOVED */
-
 /* forward declaration */
 s32 igc_disable_pcie_master(struct igc_hw *hw);
 s32 igc_check_for_copper_link(struct igc_hw *hw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 0ae3590a50eb5743cba07238606ebd49b48dfbcf..125026d053eb32bfe0155c3ae683242f2e4e8a2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -4659,9 +4659,6 @@ u32 igc_rd32(struct igc_hw *hw, u32 reg)
 	u8 __iomem *hw_addr = READ_ONCE(hw->hw_addr);
 	u32 value = 0;
 
-	if (IGC_REMOVED(hw_addr))
-		return ~value;
-
 	value = readl(&hw_addr[reg]);
 
 	/* reads should not return all F's */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_regs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_regs.h
index 0f94285ddc1183503d1a8587ac15c6e17517a478..f101bfbf52e6082d2f3c290cb3da306880f23549 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_regs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_regs.h
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ u32 igc_rd32(struct igc_hw *hw, u32 reg);
 #define wr32(reg, val) \
 do { \
 	u8 __iomem *hw_addr = READ_ONCE((hw)->hw_addr); \
-	if (!IGC_REMOVED(hw_addr)) \
-		writel((val), &hw_addr[(reg)]); \
+	writel((val), &hw_addr[(reg)]); \
 } while (0)
 
 #define rd32(reg) (igc_rd32(hw, reg))