diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c
index ff73da9365e3c7083a6dea2343f0de0bb27a3bb6..61d4ecbfd180d92b32c538221fdab7e4dabddce8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c
@@ -514,12 +514,6 @@ static int rtl2832_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 			goto err;
 	}
 
-	if (!fe->ops.tuner_ops.get_if_frequency) {
-		ret = rtl2832_set_if(fe, priv->cfg.if_dvbt);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * r820t NIM code does a software reset here at the demod -
 	 * may not be needed, as there's already a software reset at set_params()
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.h b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.h
index 2cfbb6a97061b166bac354c964a64a0e5a227eaa..e5430810e9e3064682d3f93f6a0bc5f476a470f4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.h
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ struct rtl2832_config {
 	 */
 	u32 xtal;
 
-	/*
-	 * IFs for all used modes.
-	 * Hz
-	 * 4570000, 4571429, 36000000, 36125000, 36166667, 44000000
-	 */
-	u32 if_dvbt;
-
 	/*
 	 * tuner
 	 * XXX: This must be keep sync with dvb_usb_rtl28xxu demod driver.
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c
index 5e223e807de1137f980eecc39e3a23b7b9a2af2b..c6ff39e25388ab7ba055ea676730e713717623c2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c
@@ -589,14 +589,12 @@ static int rtl2831u_frontend_attach(struct dvb_usb_adapter *adap)
 static struct rtl2832_config rtl28xxu_rtl2832_fc0012_config = {
 	.i2c_addr = 0x10, /* 0x20 */
 	.xtal = 28800000,
-	.if_dvbt = 0,
 	.tuner = TUNER_RTL2832_FC0012
 };
 
 static struct rtl2832_config rtl28xxu_rtl2832_fc0013_config = {
 	.i2c_addr = 0x10, /* 0x20 */
 	.xtal = 28800000,
-	.if_dvbt = 0,
 	.tuner = TUNER_RTL2832_FC0013
 };