diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/Makefile b/drivers/net/ipa/Makefile
index 506f8d5cd4eeb..75435d40b9200 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Un-comment the next line if you want to validate configuration data
-#ccflags-y		+=	-DIPA_VALIDATE
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_IPA)	+=	ipa.o
 
 ipa-y			:=	ipa_main.o ipa_clock.o ipa_reg.o ipa_mem.o \
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
index 427c68b2ad8f3..3de67ba066a68 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
@@ -1964,7 +1964,6 @@ static void gsi_evt_ring_init(struct gsi *gsi)
 static bool gsi_channel_data_valid(struct gsi *gsi,
 				   const struct ipa_gsi_endpoint_data *data)
 {
-#ifdef IPA_VALIDATION
 	u32 channel_id = data->channel_id;
 	struct device *dev = gsi->dev;
 
@@ -2010,7 +2009,6 @@ static bool gsi_channel_data_valid(struct gsi *gsi,
 			channel_id, data->channel.event_count);
 		return false;
 	}
-#endif /* IPA_VALIDATION */
 
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
index 8c795a6a85986..6127370facee5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
@@ -90,14 +90,12 @@ int gsi_trans_pool_init(struct gsi_trans_pool *pool, size_t size, u32 count,
 {
 	void *virt;
 
-#ifdef IPA_VALIDATE
 	if (!size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (count < max_alloc)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!max_alloc)
 		return -EINVAL;
-#endif /* IPA_VALIDATE */
 
 	/* By allocating a few extra entries in our pool (one less
 	 * than the maximum number that will be requested in a
@@ -140,14 +138,12 @@ int gsi_trans_pool_init_dma(struct device *dev, struct gsi_trans_pool *pool,
 	dma_addr_t addr;
 	void *virt;
 
-#ifdef IPA_VALIDATE
 	if (!size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (count < max_alloc)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!max_alloc)
 		return -EINVAL;
-#endif /* IPA_VALIDATE */
 
 	/* Don't let allocations cross a power-of-two boundary */
 	size = __roundup_pow_of_two(size);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c
index bda8677eae88d..8900f91509fee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ bool ipa_cmd_table_valid(struct ipa *ipa, const struct ipa_mem *mem, bool route)
 	return true;
 }
 
-#ifdef IPA_VALIDATE
-
 /* Validate the memory region that holds headers */
 static bool ipa_cmd_header_valid(struct ipa *ipa)
 {
@@ -343,7 +341,6 @@ bool ipa_cmd_data_valid(struct ipa *ipa)
 	return true;
 }
 
-#endif /* IPA_VALIDATE */
 
 int ipa_cmd_pool_init(struct gsi_channel *channel, u32 tre_max)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.h b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.h
index ea723419c826b..69cd085d427db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.h
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ struct ipa_cmd_info {
 bool ipa_cmd_table_valid(struct ipa *ipa, const struct ipa_mem *mem,
 			    bool route);
 
-#ifdef IPA_VALIDATE
-
 /**
  * ipa_cmd_data_valid() - Validate command-realted configuration is valid
  * @ipa:	- IPA pointer
@@ -78,15 +76,6 @@ bool ipa_cmd_table_valid(struct ipa *ipa, const struct ipa_mem *mem,
  */
 bool ipa_cmd_data_valid(struct ipa *ipa);
 
-#else /* !IPA_VALIDATE */
-
-static inline bool ipa_cmd_data_valid(struct ipa *ipa)
-{
-	return true;
-}
-
-#endif /* !IPA_VALIDATE */
-
 /**
  * ipa_cmd_pool_init() - initialize command channel pools
  * @channel:	AP->IPA command TX GSI channel pointer
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
index 9810c61a03202..ff5f3fab640d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
@@ -612,7 +612,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, ipa_match);
  * */
 static void ipa_validate_build(void)
 {
-#ifdef IPA_VALIDATE
 	/* At one time we assumed a 64-bit build, allowing some do_div()
 	 * calls to be replaced by simple division or modulo operations.
 	 * We currently only perform divide and modulo operations on u32,
@@ -646,7 +645,6 @@ static void ipa_validate_build(void)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(!ipa_aggr_granularity_val(IPA_AGGR_GRANULARITY));
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ipa_aggr_granularity_val(IPA_AGGR_GRANULARITY) >
 			field_max(AGGR_GRANULARITY_FMASK));
-#endif /* IPA_VALIDATE */
 }
 
 static bool ipa_version_valid(enum ipa_version version)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_resource.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_resource.c
index 3b2dc216d3a68..e3da95d694099 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_resource.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 static bool ipa_resource_limits_valid(struct ipa *ipa,
 				      const struct ipa_resource_data *data)
 {
-#ifdef IPA_VALIDATION
 	u32 group_count;
 	u32 i;
 	u32 j;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ static bool ipa_resource_limits_valid(struct ipa *ipa,
 			if (resource->limits[j].min || resource->limits[j].max)
 				return false;
 	}
-#endif /* !IPA_VALIDATION */
+
 	return true;
 }
 
