diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
index 73b632e1d541..464a6174b77d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
@@ -495,17 +495,6 @@ static int fimc_capture_open(struct file *file)
 
 		ret = fimc_pipeline_call(ve, open, &ve->vdev.entity, true);
 
-		if (ret == 0 && vc->user_subdev_api && vc->inh_sensor_ctrls) {
-			/*
-			 * Recreate controls of the the video node to drop
-			 * any controls inherited from the sensor subdev.
-			 */
-			fimc_ctrls_delete(vc->ctx);
-
-			ret = fimc_ctrls_create(vc->ctx);
-			if (ret == 0)
-				vc->inh_sensor_ctrls = false;
-		}
 		if (ret == 0)
 			ve->vdev.entity.use_count++;
 
@@ -1398,7 +1387,7 @@ static int fimc_link_setup(struct media_entity *entity,
 
 	vc->input = sd->grp_id;
 
-	if (vc->user_subdev_api || vc->inh_sensor_ctrls)
+	if (vc->user_subdev_api)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Inherit V4L2 controls from the image sensor subdev. */
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-core.h b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-core.h
index d130f664a60b..31f81bcb8483 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-core.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-core.h
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ struct fimc_m2m_device {
  * @input_index: input (camera sensor) index
  * @input: capture input type, grp_id of the attached subdev
  * @user_subdev_api: true if subdevs are not configured by the host driver
- * @inh_sensor_ctrls: a flag indicating v4l2 controls are inherited from
- *		      an image sensor subdev
  */
 struct fimc_vid_cap {
 	struct fimc_ctx			*ctx;
@@ -322,7 +320,6 @@ struct fimc_vid_cap {
 	int				input_index;
 	u32				input;
 	bool				user_subdev_api;
-	bool				inh_sensor_ctrls;
 };
 
 /**