diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 1c62af69ca29..9cc321a3acdf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -1756,7 +1756,6 @@ static void mlx5e_build_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 		netdev->vlan_features    |= NETIF_F_LRO;
 
 	netdev->hw_features       = netdev->vlan_features;
-	netdev->hw_features      |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX;
 	netdev->hw_features      |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX;
 	netdev->hw_features      |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index 8020986cdaf6..3cfd2bcb3c8b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -89,21 +89,6 @@ static inline u16 mlx5e_get_inline_hdr_size(struct mlx5e_sq *sq,
 	return MLX5E_MIN_INLINE;
 }
 
-static inline void mlx5e_insert_vlan(void *start, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 ihs)
-{
-	struct vlan_ethhdr *vhdr = (struct vlan_ethhdr *)start;
-	int cpy1_sz = 2 * ETH_ALEN;
-	int cpy2_sz = ihs - cpy1_sz - VLAN_HLEN;
-
-	skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, vhdr, cpy1_sz);
-	skb_pull_inline(skb, cpy1_sz);
-	vhdr->h_vlan_proto = skb->vlan_proto;
-	vhdr->h_vlan_TCI = cpu_to_be16(skb_vlan_tag_get(skb));
-	skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, &vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto,
-				  cpy2_sz);
-	skb_pull_inline(skb, cpy2_sz);
-}
-
 static netdev_tx_t mlx5e_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_sq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct mlx5_wq_cyc       *wq   = &sq->wq;
@@ -149,12 +134,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t mlx5e_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_sq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 							ETH_ZLEN);
 	}
 
-	if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
-		mlx5e_insert_vlan(eseg->inline_hdr_start, skb, ihs);
-	} else {
-		skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, eseg->inline_hdr_start, ihs);
-		skb_pull_inline(skb, ihs);
-	}
+	skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, eseg->inline_hdr_start, ihs);
+	skb_pull_inline(skb, ihs);
 
 	eseg->inline_hdr_sz	= cpu_to_be16(ihs);