diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_dma.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_dma.c
index d570f8c81dc666fb1f6653c7e9e2a5a128b3fb5a..6bb0ea59284f0b4fab317f1b8ee263f7d1f7c341 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_dma.c
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
 			    SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_BE     | \
 			    SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U32_LE     | \
 			    SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U32_BE)
-
-#define FSLDMA_PCM_RATES (SNDRV_PCM_RATE_5512 | SNDRV_PCM_RATE_8000_192000 | \
-			  SNDRV_PCM_RATE_CONTINUOUS)
-
 struct dma_object {
 	struct snd_soc_platform_driver dai;
 	dma_addr_t ssi_stx_phys;
@@ -140,9 +136,6 @@ static const struct snd_pcm_hardware fsl_dma_hardware = {
 				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_JOINT_DUPLEX |
 				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE,
 	.formats		= FSLDMA_PCM_FORMATS,
-	.rates  		= FSLDMA_PCM_RATES,
-	.rate_min       	= 5512,
-	.rate_max       	= 192000,
 	.period_bytes_min       = 512,  	/* A reasonable limit */
 	.period_bytes_max       = (u32) -1,
 	.periods_min    	= NUM_DMA_LINKS,
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
index c5e47f866b4b756beaa515b1c29ba4177572cb10..2585ae44e634feb6bab623b6afdf93c58c3b288f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-dma.c
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ static const struct snd_pcm_hardware imx_pcm_hardware = {
 		SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE |
 		SNDRV_PCM_INFO_RESUME,
 	.formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
-	.rate_min = 8000,
-	.channels_min = 2,
-	.channels_max = 2,
 	.buffer_bytes_max = IMX_SSI_DMABUF_SIZE,
 	.period_bytes_min = 128,
 	.period_bytes_max = 65535, /* Limited by SDMA engine */
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-fiq.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-fiq.c
index c75d43bb2e92de772a97865e98227176473135a4..6553202dd48c09d19fe2916447f553023276a897 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-fiq.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-fiq.c
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_imx_hardware = {
 		SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE |
 		SNDRV_PCM_INFO_RESUME,
 	.formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
-	.rate_min = 8000,
-	.channels_min = 2,
-	.channels_max = 2,
 	.buffer_bytes_max = IMX_SSI_DMABUF_SIZE,
 	.period_bytes_min = 128,
 	.period_bytes_max = 16 * 1024,
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c b/sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c
index 71bf2f248cd47be5fb025baa6535296b49d75bbd..f2b5d756b1f3360846ef3bb1f8f43a4efd8547b1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ static const struct snd_pcm_hardware psc_dma_hardware = {
 		SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BATCH,
 	.formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S8 | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_BE |
 		SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S24_BE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_BE,
-	.rate_min = 8000,
-	.rate_max = 48000,
-	.channels_min = 1,
-	.channels_max = 2,
 	.period_bytes_max	= 1024 * 1024,
 	.period_bytes_min	= 32,
 	.periods_min		= 2,