diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
index 46818b232204..df9428f1dc5e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ config USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS
 config USB_XHCI_PLATFORM
 	tristate "Generic xHCI driver for a platform device"
 	select USB_XHCI_RCAR if ARCH_RENESAS
-	depends on USB_ONBOARD_HUB || !USB_ONBOARD_HUB
 	help
 	  Adds an xHCI host driver for a generic platform device, which
 	  provides a memory space and an irq.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
index ee98a3671619..c1edcc9b13ce 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
-#include <linux/usb/onboard_hub.h>
 #include <linux/usb/phy.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
@@ -375,9 +374,6 @@ static int xhci_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 */
 	pm_runtime_forbid(&pdev->dev);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xhci->onboard_hub_devs);
-	onboard_hub_create_pdevs(hcd->self.root_hub, &xhci->onboard_hub_devs);
-
 	return 0;
 
 
@@ -424,8 +420,6 @@ static int xhci_plat_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 	usb_remove_hcd(hcd);
 	usb_put_hcd(shared_hcd);
 
-	onboard_hub_destroy_pdevs(&xhci->onboard_hub_devs);
-
 	clk_disable_unprepare(clk);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(reg_clk);
 	usb_put_hcd(hcd);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
index 5ba01d5ccab8..3c7d281672ae 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
@@ -1923,8 +1923,6 @@ struct xhci_hcd {
 	struct dentry		*debugfs_slots;
 	struct list_head	regset_list;
 
-	struct list_head	onboard_hub_devs;
-
 	void			*dbc;
 	/* platform-specific data -- must come last */
 	unsigned long		priv[] __aligned(sizeof(s64));