diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c b/drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
index 8a6f8911bc55..3942a825b3dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
@@ -2421,7 +2421,6 @@ static int __devinit enable_msix(struct adapter *adapter)
 	return err;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS
 static const struct net_device_ops cxgb4vf_netdev_ops	= {
 	.ndo_open		= cxgb4vf_open,
 	.ndo_stop		= cxgb4vf_stop,
@@ -2437,7 +2436,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops cxgb4vf_netdev_ops	= {
 	.ndo_poll_controller	= cxgb4vf_poll_controller,
 #endif
 };
-#endif
 
 /*
  * "Probe" a device: initialize a device and construct all kernel and driver
@@ -2611,22 +2609,7 @@ static int __devinit cxgb4vf_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		if (pci_using_dac)
 			netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS
 		netdev->netdev_ops = &cxgb4vf_netdev_ops;
-#else
-		netdev->vlan_rx_register = cxgb4vf_vlan_rx_register;
-		netdev->open = cxgb4vf_open;
-		netdev->stop = cxgb4vf_stop;
-		netdev->hard_start_xmit = t4vf_eth_xmit;
-		netdev->get_stats = cxgb4vf_get_stats;
-		netdev->set_rx_mode = cxgb4vf_set_rxmode;
-		netdev->do_ioctl = cxgb4vf_do_ioctl;
-		netdev->change_mtu = cxgb4vf_change_mtu;
-		netdev->set_mac_address = cxgb4vf_set_mac_addr;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-		netdev->poll_controller = cxgb4vf_poll_controller;
-#endif
-#endif
 		SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(netdev, &cxgb4vf_ethtool_ops);
 
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
index b0a4211f43a1..3f303ea14337 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
@@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ static int ft1000_reset_card(struct net_device *dev)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS
 static const struct net_device_ops ftnet_ops =
 {
 	.ndo_open = &ft1000_open,
@@ -679,7 +678,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ftnet_ops =
 	.ndo_start_xmit = &ft1000_start_xmit,
 	.ndo_get_stats = &ft1000_netdev_stats,
 };
-#endif
 
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -764,14 +762,7 @@ int init_ft1000_netdev(struct ft1000_device *ft1000dev)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pInfo->nodes.list);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS
 	netdev->netdev_ops = &ftnet_ops;
-#else
-	netdev->hard_start_xmit = &ft1000_start_xmit;
-	netdev->get_stats = &ft1000_netdev_stats;
-	netdev->open = &ft1000_open;
-	netdev->stop = &ft1000_close;
-#endif
 
 	ft1000dev->net = netdev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_internal.h b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_internal.h
index cd129b3ee6c0..e86aad53b53d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_internal.h
@@ -990,14 +990,7 @@ struct wl_private
 #endif // USE_WDS
 }; // wl_private
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NETDEV_PRIV
 #define wl_priv(dev) ((struct wl_private *) netdev_priv(dev))
-#else
-extern inline struct wl_private *wl_priv(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-    return dev->priv;
-}
-#endif
 
 /********************************************************************/
 /* Locking and synchronization functions                            */
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 011eb89e9582..30f17e42c304 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ struct wireless_dev;
 #define SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(netdev,ops) \
 	( (netdev)->ethtool_ops = (ops) )
 
-#define HAVE_ALLOC_NETDEV		/* feature macro: alloc_xxxdev
-					   functions are available. */
-#define HAVE_FREE_NETDEV		/* free_netdev() */
-#define HAVE_NETDEV_PRIV		/* netdev_priv() */
-
 /* hardware address assignment types */
 #define NET_ADDR_PERM		0	/* address is permanent (default) */
 #define NET_ADDR_RANDOM		1	/* address is generated randomly */
@@ -313,7 +308,6 @@ struct header_ops {
 			   const void *saddr, unsigned len);
 	int	(*parse)(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr);
 	int	(*rebuild)(struct sk_buff *skb);
-#define HAVE_HEADER_CACHE
 	int	(*cache)(const struct neighbour *neigh, struct hh_cache *hh);
 	void	(*cache_update)(struct hh_cache *hh,
 				const struct net_device *dev,
@@ -887,7 +881,6 @@ struct netdev_tc_txq {
  *	Must return >0 or -errno if it changed dev->features itself.
  *
  */
-#define HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS
 struct net_device_ops {
 	int			(*ndo_init)(struct net_device *dev);
 	void			(*ndo_uninit)(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -1781,8 +1774,6 @@ static inline void input_queue_tail_incr_save(struct softnet_data *sd,
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct softnet_data, softnet_data);
 
-#define HAVE_NETIF_QUEUE
-
 extern void __netif_schedule(struct Qdisc *q);
 
 static inline void netif_schedule_queue(struct netdev_queue *txq)
@@ -2058,10 +2049,8 @@ extern void dev_kfree_skb_irq(struct sk_buff *skb);
  */
 extern void dev_kfree_skb_any(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
-#define HAVE_NETIF_RX 1
 extern int		netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern int		netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb);
-#define HAVE_NETIF_RECEIVE_SKB 1
 extern int		netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern gro_result_t	dev_gro_receive(struct napi_struct *napi,
 					struct sk_buff *skb);
@@ -2241,7 +2230,6 @@ extern void netif_device_attach(struct net_device *dev);
 /*
  * Network interface message level settings
  */
-#define HAVE_NETIF_MSG 1
 
 enum {
 	NETIF_MSG_DRV		= 0x0001,
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index 3f20332e1d38..3e2f91ffa4e2 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -750,7 +750,6 @@ out:
 	return;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS
 static const struct net_device_ops bat_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_open = interface_open,
 	.ndo_stop = interface_release,
@@ -760,7 +759,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops bat_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_start_xmit = interface_tx,
 	.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr
 };
-#endif
 
 static void interface_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -769,16 +767,7 @@ static void interface_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	ether_setup(dev);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS
 	dev->netdev_ops = &bat_netdev_ops;
-#else
-	dev->open = interface_open;
-	dev->stop = interface_release;
-	dev->get_stats = interface_stats;
-	dev->set_mac_address = interface_set_mac_addr;
-	dev->change_mtu = interface_change_mtu;
-	dev->hard_start_xmit = interface_tx;
-#endif
 	dev->destructor = free_netdev;
 	dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
 
@@ -885,13 +874,8 @@ void softif_destroy(struct net_device *soft_iface)
 
 int softif_is_valid(const struct net_device *net_dev)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS
 	if (net_dev->netdev_ops->ndo_start_xmit == interface_tx)
 		return 1;
-#else
-	if (net_dev->hard_start_xmit == interface_tx)
-		return 1;
-#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }