diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-mplcec4.c b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-mplcec4.c
index 47e71815bafb..56bfe5a1605a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-mplcec4.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-mplcec4.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ void __init mplcec4_init(void)
 	/*
 	 * Basic setup. Needs to be called early.
 	 */
-	kirkwood_ehci_init();
 	kirkwood_ge00_init(&mplcec4_ge00_data);
 	kirkwood_ge01_init(&mplcec4_ge01_data);
 	kirkwood_sdio_init(&mplcec4_mvsdio_data);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-ns2.c b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-ns2.c
index 78596c4f76d2..8821720ab5a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-ns2.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-ns2.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ void __init ns2_init(void)
 	 */
 	kirkwood_mpp_conf(ns2_mpp_config);
 
-	kirkwood_ehci_init();
 	if (of_machine_is_compatible("lacie,netspace_lite_v2") ||
 	    of_machine_is_compatible("lacie,netspace_mini_v2"))
 		ns2_ge00_data.phy_addr = MV643XX_ETH_PHY_ADDR(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-nsa310.c b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-nsa310.c
index 027ce83f3fe5..f58d2e1a4042 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-nsa310.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-nsa310.c
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ void __init nsa310_init(void)
 
 	nsa310_gpio_init();
 
-	/* this can be removed once the mainline kirkwood.dtsi gets
-	 * the ehci configuration by default */
-	kirkwood_ehci_init();
-
 	kirkwood_pcie_id(&dev, &rev);
 
 	i2c_register_board_info(0, ARRAY_AND_SIZE(nsa310_i2c_info));
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-usi_topkick.c b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-usi_topkick.c
index e2ec9d891fe3..15e69fcde9f4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-usi_topkick.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/board-usi_topkick.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ void __init usi_topkick_init(void)
 	/* SATA0 power enable */
 	gpio_set_value(TOPKICK_SATA0_PWR_ENABLE, 1);
 
-	kirkwood_ehci_init();
 	kirkwood_ge00_init(&topkick_ge00_data);
 	kirkwood_sdio_init(&topkick_mvsdio_data);
 }