return err;
 }
 
-static bool dpaa2_mac_phy_mode_mismatch(struct dpaa2_mac *mac,
-                                       phy_interface_t interface)
-{
-       switch (interface) {
-       /* We can switch between SGMII and 1000BASE-X at runtime with
-        * pcs-lynx
-        */
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII:
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX:
-               if (mac->pcs &&
-                   (mac->if_mode == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII ||
-                    mac->if_mode == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX))
-                       return false;
-               return interface != mac->if_mode;
-
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_10GBASER:
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_USXGMII:
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_QSGMII:
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII:
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID:
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID:
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID:
-               return (interface != mac->if_mode);
-       default:
-               return true;
-       }
-}
-
 static void dpaa2_mac_validate(struct phylink_config *config,
                               unsigned long *supported,
                               struct phylink_link_state *state)
 {
-       struct dpaa2_mac *mac = phylink_to_dpaa2_mac(config);
        __ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK(mask) = { 0, };
 
-       if (state->interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA &&
-           dpaa2_mac_phy_mode_mismatch(mac, state->interface)) {
-               goto empty_set;
-       }
-
        phylink_set_port_modes(mask);
        phylink_set(mask, Autoneg);
        phylink_set(mask, Pause);
        phylink_set(mask, Asym_Pause);
 
        switch (state->interface) {
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA:
        case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_10GBASER:
        case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_USXGMII:
                phylink_set_10g_modes(mask);