diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 9a23d33a47ed52bfeb10d79d970e114ee4702d6e..f27d73a7bf16f084ea8f4ab12d905b031f514cf8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -8768,28 +8768,6 @@ static int ixgbe_del_sanmac_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 	return err;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-/*
- * Polling 'interrupt' - used by things like netconsole to send skbs
- * without having to re-enable interrupts. It's not called while
- * the interrupt routine is executing.
- */
-static void ixgbe_netpoll(struct net_device *netdev)
-{
-	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	int i;
-
-	/* if interface is down do nothing */
-	if (test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state))
-		return;
-
-	/* loop through and schedule all active queues */
-	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_q_vectors; i++)
-		ixgbe_msix_clean_rings(0, adapter->q_vector[i]);
-}
-
-#endif
-
 static void ixgbe_get_ring_stats64(struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats,
 				   struct ixgbe_ring *ring)
 {
@@ -10251,9 +10229,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ixgbe_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_get_vf_config	= ixgbe_ndo_get_vf_config,
 	.ndo_get_stats64	= ixgbe_get_stats64,
 	.ndo_setup_tc		= __ixgbe_setup_tc,
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-	.ndo_poll_controller	= ixgbe_netpoll,
-#endif
 #ifdef IXGBE_FCOE
 	.ndo_select_queue	= ixgbe_select_queue,
 	.ndo_fcoe_ddp_setup = ixgbe_fcoe_ddp_get,