diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 351ef584d25966a24234a6998bbcc5dc2a68a2ae..c9cc9747d21d187810c9f93efaf0937bb9c1ebe2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -924,15 +924,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mlx5e_netdev_ops_rep = {
 	.ndo_change_mtu          = mlx5e_change_rep_mtu,
 };
 
-bool mlx5e_eswitch_rep(struct net_device *netdev)
-{
-	if (netdev->netdev_ops == &mlx5e_netdev_ops_vf_rep ||
-	    netdev->netdev_ops == &mlx5e_netdev_ops_uplink_rep)
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 static void mlx5e_build_rep_params(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 				   struct mlx5e_params *params, u16 mtu)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.h
index 194cddc06d17a48fae76edee9b58abed676396a0..844d32d5c29f051386c525c0a8f89063340c7550 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.h
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ void mlx5e_rep_encap_entry_detach(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 				  struct mlx5e_encap_entry *e);
 
 void mlx5e_rep_queue_neigh_stats_work(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
-
-bool mlx5e_eswitch_rep(struct net_device *netdev);
-
 #else /* CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH */
 static inline void mlx5e_register_vport_reps(struct mlx5e_priv *priv) {}
 static inline void mlx5e_unregister_vport_reps(struct mlx5e_priv *priv) {}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index c189e8f9e31ee079095fafb2864f2eb64fb95f20..3092c59c0dc7109525910d897eae7a23f62b102c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2721,10 +2721,6 @@ static int parse_tc_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct tcf_exts *exts,
 			    is_merged_eswitch_dev(priv, out_dev)) {
 				action |= MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_FWD_DEST |
 					  MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_COUNT;
-
-				if (!mlx5e_eswitch_rep(out_dev))
-					return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 				out_priv = netdev_priv(out_dev);
 				rpriv = out_priv->ppriv;
 				attr->out_rep[attr->out_count] = rpriv->rep;