diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-lpc32xx/phy3250.c b/arch/arm/mach-lpc32xx/phy3250.c
index 34932e0e31fa..7858d5b6f6ce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-lpc32xx/phy3250.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-lpc32xx/phy3250.c
@@ -202,9 +202,6 @@ static struct mmci_platform_data lpc32xx_mmci_data = {
 	.ocr_mask	= MMC_VDD_30_31 | MMC_VDD_31_32 |
 			  MMC_VDD_32_33 | MMC_VDD_33_34,
 	.ios_handler	= mmc_handle_ios,
-	.dma_filter	= NULL,
-	/* No DMA for now since AMBA PL080 dmaengine driver only does scatter
-	 * gather, and the MMCI driver doesn't do it this way */
 };
 
 static struct lpc32xx_slc_platform_data lpc32xx_slc_data = {
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 758efea184c9..a084edd37af5 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ static void mmci_init_sg(struct mmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE
 static void mmci_dma_setup(struct mmci_host *host)
 {
-	struct mmci_platform_data *plat = host->plat;
 	const char *rxname, *txname;
 	dma_cap_mask_t mask;
 
@@ -380,25 +379,6 @@ static void mmci_dma_setup(struct mmci_host *host)
 	dma_cap_zero(mask);
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask);
 
-	if (plat && plat->dma_filter) {
-		if (!host->dma_rx_channel && plat->dma_rx_param) {
-			host->dma_rx_channel = dma_request_channel(mask,
-							   plat->dma_filter,
-							   plat->dma_rx_param);
-			/* E.g if no DMA hardware is present */
-			if (!host->dma_rx_channel)
-				dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc), "no RX DMA channel\n");
-		}
-
-		if (!host->dma_tx_channel && plat->dma_tx_param) {
-			host->dma_tx_channel = dma_request_channel(mask,
-							   plat->dma_filter,
-							   plat->dma_tx_param);
-			if (!host->dma_tx_channel)
-				dev_warn(mmc_dev(host->mmc), "no TX DMA channel\n");
-		}
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * If only an RX channel is specified, the driver will
 	 * attempt to use it bidirectionally, however if it is
@@ -446,11 +426,9 @@ static void mmci_dma_setup(struct mmci_host *host)
  */
 static inline void mmci_dma_release(struct mmci_host *host)
 {
-	struct mmci_platform_data *plat = host->plat;
-
 	if (host->dma_rx_channel)
 		dma_release_channel(host->dma_rx_channel);
-	if (host->dma_tx_channel && plat->dma_tx_param)
+	if (host->dma_tx_channel)
 		dma_release_channel(host->dma_tx_channel);
 	host->dma_rx_channel = host->dma_tx_channel = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/amba/mmci.h b/include/linux/amba/mmci.h
index 3f95d32d5277..8c98113069ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/amba/mmci.h
+++ b/include/linux/amba/mmci.h
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/mmc/host.h>
 
-/* Just some dummy forwarding */
-struct dma_chan;
-
 /**
  * struct mmci_platform_data - platform configuration for the MMCI
  * (also known as PL180) block.
@@ -26,17 +23,6 @@ struct dma_chan;
  * @gpio_wp: read this GPIO pin to see if the card is write protected
  * @gpio_cd: read this GPIO pin to detect card insertion
  * @cd_invert: true if the gpio_cd pin value is active low
- * @dma_filter: function used to select an appropriate RX and TX
- * DMA channel to be used for DMA, if and only if you're deploying the
- * generic DMA engine
- * @dma_rx_param: parameter passed to the DMA allocation
- * filter in order to select an appropriate RX channel. If
- * there is a bidirectional RX+TX channel, then just specify
- * this and leave dma_tx_param set to NULL
- * @dma_tx_param: parameter passed to the DMA allocation
- * filter in order to select an appropriate TX channel. If this
- * is NULL the driver will attempt to use the RX channel as a
- * bidirectional channel
  */
 struct mmci_platform_data {
 	unsigned int ocr_mask;
@@ -45,9 +31,6 @@ struct mmci_platform_data {
 	int	gpio_wp;
 	int	gpio_cd;
 	bool	cd_invert;
-	bool (*dma_filter)(struct dma_chan *chan, void *filter_param);
-	void *dma_rx_param;
-	void *dma_tx_param;
 };
 
 #endif