diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw52xx.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw52xx.dtsi
index d3c0bf5c84e316bcab8c86d527dabd4598d9a63b..b5756c21ea1d55b791b10e6728b573a918ad78e7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw52xx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw52xx.dtsi
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@
 };
 
 &ssi1 {
-	fsl,mode = "i2s-slave";
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw53xx.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw53xx.dtsi
index cade1bdc97e9b32b08c3971d55acfb8996439b86..86f03c1b147c630c43166aa9d4782da28f333519 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw53xx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw53xx.dtsi
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@
 };
 
 &ssi1 {
-	fsl,mode = "i2s-slave";
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw54xx.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw54xx.dtsi
index cf13239a16190e4d50fe9a7088810eb45258f0a5..4a8d97f477592316c3d9ff86cee4bc1b5c9e887f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw54xx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-gw54xx.dtsi
@@ -376,12 +376,10 @@
 };
 
 &ssi1 {
-	fsl,mode = "i2s-slave";
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
 &ssi2 {
-	fsl,mode = "i2s-slave";
 	status = "okay";
 };