diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
index 4a9a673b47776f00c7177ea009043840d31c7ec4..975050a69494775b3a911c17639a4a5de9040bd6 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ struct imx6_pcie {
 #define PCIE_PL_PFLR_FORCE_LINK			(1 << 15)
 #define PCIE_PHY_DEBUG_R0 (PL_OFFSET + 0x28)
 #define PCIE_PHY_DEBUG_R1 (PL_OFFSET + 0x2c)
-#define PCIE_PHY_DEBUG_R1_XMLH_LINK_IN_TRAINING	(1 << 29)
-#define PCIE_PHY_DEBUG_R1_XMLH_LINK_UP		(1 << 4)
 
 #define PCIE_PHY_CTRL (PL_OFFSET + 0x114)
 #define PCIE_PHY_CTRL_DATA_LOC 0
@@ -641,12 +639,6 @@ static int imx6_pcie_host_init(struct pcie_port *pp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int imx6_pcie_link_up(struct dw_pcie *pci)
-{
-	return dw_pcie_readl_dbi(pci, PCIE_PHY_DEBUG_R1) &
-			PCIE_PHY_DEBUG_R1_XMLH_LINK_UP;
-}
-
 static const struct dw_pcie_host_ops imx6_pcie_host_ops = {
 	.host_init = imx6_pcie_host_init,
 };
@@ -679,7 +671,7 @@ static int imx6_add_pcie_port(struct imx6_pcie *imx6_pcie,
 }
 
 static const struct dw_pcie_ops dw_pcie_ops = {
-	.link_up = imx6_pcie_link_up,
+	/* No special ops needed, but pcie-designware still expects this struct */
 };
 
 static int imx6_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)