diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index cfed2b07f3a4..8f66e15ec8d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -720,28 +720,6 @@ static void igb_get_hw_control(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 			ctrl_ext | E1000_CTRL_EXT_DRV_LOAD);
 }
 
-static void igb_init_manageability(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
-{
-	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
-
-	if (adapter->en_mng_pt) {
-		u32 manc2h = rd32(E1000_MANC2H);
-		u32 manc = rd32(E1000_MANC);
-
-		/* enable receiving management packets to the host */
-		/* this will probably generate destination unreachable messages
-		 * from the host OS, but the packets will be handled on SMBUS */
-		manc |= E1000_MANC_EN_MNG2HOST;
-#define E1000_MNG2HOST_PORT_623 (1 << 5)
-#define E1000_MNG2HOST_PORT_664 (1 << 6)
-		manc2h |= E1000_MNG2HOST_PORT_623;
-		manc2h |= E1000_MNG2HOST_PORT_664;
-		wr32(E1000_MANC2H, manc2h);
-
-		wr32(E1000_MANC, manc);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * igb_configure - configure the hardware for RX and TX
  * @adapter: private board structure
@@ -755,7 +733,6 @@ static void igb_configure(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 	igb_set_multi(netdev);
 
 	igb_restore_vlan(adapter);
-	igb_init_manageability(adapter);
 
 	igb_configure_tx(adapter);
 	igb_setup_rctl(adapter);
@@ -4524,8 +4501,6 @@ static void igb_io_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct net_device *netdev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	igb_init_manageability(adapter);
-
 	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
 		if (igb_up(adapter)) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "igb_up failed after reset\n");