diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h
index fcb8e9ba51d9b6ad85ecf6bd2361e71896c6b592..a3ee9df16dfef927e8d783df8cdf19647ce46033 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h
@@ -507,6 +507,4 @@ u32 qed_unzip_data(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 
 int qed_slowpath_irq_req(struct qed_hwfn *hwfn);
 
-#define QED_ETH_INTERFACE_VERSION       300
-
 #endif /* _QED_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c
index 3f35c6ca92528d3cc1951df3d09f8ef19c3dd8ba..e848d5a1f7f6900c9107baa53edc8c95cbf0b1fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c
@@ -2043,14 +2043,8 @@ static const struct qed_eth_ops qed_eth_ops_pass = {
 	.get_vport_stats = &qed_get_vport_stats,
 };
 
-const struct qed_eth_ops *qed_get_eth_ops(u32 version)
+const struct qed_eth_ops *qed_get_eth_ops(void)
 {
-	if (version != QED_ETH_INTERFACE_VERSION) {
-		pr_notice("Cannot supply ethtool operations [%08x != %08x]\n",
-			  version, QED_ETH_INTERFACE_VERSION);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	return &qed_eth_ops_pass;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(qed_get_eth_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
index 26d40db07ddd12a13ae07f7494e3244e03f70af4..c31d485f72d68dd4fc5d861a15b848b27718fa9b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
@@ -1172,14 +1172,3 @@ const struct qed_common_ops qed_common_ops_pass = {
 	.chain_free = &qed_chain_free,
 	.set_led = &qed_set_led,
 };
-
-u32 qed_get_protocol_version(enum qed_protocol protocol)
-{
-	switch (protocol) {
-	case QED_PROTOCOL_ETH:
-		return QED_ETH_INTERFACE_VERSION;
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(qed_get_protocol_version);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
index d023251544d9e7f8df8a1e6c897293385bd45fc1..e0a696a57d4d08828c68bdf601d42756ce50e63e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 		__stringify(QEDE_REVISION_VERSION) "."		\
 		__stringify(QEDE_ENGINEERING_VERSION)
 
-#define QEDE_ETH_INTERFACE_VERSION	300
-
 #define DRV_MODULE_SYM		qede
 
 struct qede_stats {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
index 518af329502ddff20c8fc322ebed3303b7b0b9a9..a55d93eb41fa3593019ab269c7175432dbfc01e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
@@ -141,19 +141,10 @@ static
 int __init qede_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
-	u32 qed_ver;
 
 	pr_notice("qede_init: %s\n", version);
 
-	qed_ver = qed_get_protocol_version(QED_PROTOCOL_ETH);
-	if (qed_ver !=  QEDE_ETH_INTERFACE_VERSION) {
-		pr_notice("Version mismatch [%08x != %08x]\n",
-			  qed_ver,
-			  QEDE_ETH_INTERFACE_VERSION);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	qed_ops = qed_get_eth_ops(QEDE_ETH_INTERFACE_VERSION);
+	qed_ops = qed_get_eth_ops();
 	if (!qed_ops) {
 		pr_notice("Failed to get qed ethtool operations\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/qed/qed_eth_if.h b/include/linux/qed/qed_eth_if.h
index e1d69834a11fb38c45fe8e6fe0b3d0ad53af7ee4..e00c8dbfc3247ad431f7140cea7ad197a7385a93 100644
--- a/include/linux/qed/qed_eth_if.h
+++ b/include/linux/qed/qed_eth_if.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ struct qed_eth_ops {
 				struct qed_eth_stats *stats);
 };
 
-const struct qed_eth_ops *qed_get_eth_ops(u32 version);
+const struct qed_eth_ops *qed_get_eth_ops(void);
 void qed_put_eth_ops(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h b/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
index 1f7599c77cd4185de5579d6c5801655706a982f3..b007011e1c82fb19384fd5d1b5b8eb6ae77e5111 100644
--- a/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
+++ b/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
@@ -271,15 +271,6 @@ struct qed_common_ops {
 		       enum qed_led_mode mode);
 };
 
-/**
- * @brief qed_get_protocol_version
- *
- * @param protocol
- *
- * @return version supported by qed for given protocol driver
- */
-u32 qed_get_protocol_version(enum qed_protocol protocol);
-
 #define MASK_FIELD(_name, _value) \
 	((_value) &= (_name ## _MASK))