diff --git a/target/linux/qualcommax/files/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-qca-uniphy.c b/target/linux/qualcommax/files/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-qca-uniphy.c
index 224cd9468a1..5b8c6f61822 100644
--- a/target/linux/qualcommax/files/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-qca-uniphy.c
+++ b/target/linux/qualcommax/files/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-qca-uniphy.c
@@ -432,9 +432,7 @@ static void qca_uniphy_pcs_get_state_10base_r(struct qca_uniphy *uniphy,
 }
 
 static void qca_uniphy_pcs_get_state(struct phylink_pcs *pcs,
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 18, 0)
 				     unsigned int neg_mode,
-#endif
 				     struct phylink_link_state *state)
 {
 	struct qca_uniphy_pcs *upcs = to_qca_uniphy_pcs(pcs);
@@ -1099,9 +1097,6 @@ static int qca_uniphy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < QCA_UNIPHY_CHANNELS; i++) {
 		uniphy->port_pcs[i].pcs.ops = &qca_uniphy_pcs_ops;
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(6, 18, 0)
-		uniphy->port_pcs[i].pcs.neg_mode = true;
-#endif
 		uniphy->port_pcs[i].pcs.poll = true;
 		uniphy->port_pcs[i].uniphy = uniphy;
 		uniphy->port_pcs[i].channel = i;