diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h5.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h5.c
index 669793c6578e..56ce0f78d4ba 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h5.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h5.c
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ static const struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc sun50i_h5_pinctrl_data_broken = {
 	.pins = sun50i_h5_pins,
 	.npins = ARRAY_SIZE(sun50i_h5_pins),
 	.irq_banks = 2,
-	.irq_read_needs_mux = true,
 	.disable_strict_mode = true,
 };
 
@@ -541,7 +540,6 @@ static const struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc sun50i_h5_pinctrl_data = {
 	.pins = sun50i_h5_pins,
 	.npins = ARRAY_SIZE(sun50i_h5_pins),
 	.irq_banks = 3,
-	.irq_read_needs_mux = true,
 	.disable_strict_mode = true,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h6.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h6.c
index 517118341316..22f3d3875316 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h6.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h6.c
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ static const struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc h6_pinctrl_data = {
 	.npins = ARRAY_SIZE(h6_pins),
 	.irq_banks = 4,
 	.irq_bank_map = h6_irq_bank_map,
-	.irq_read_needs_mux = true,
 	.io_bias_cfg_variant = BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_SEL,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h616.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h616.c
index ecf6d2438e21..48cf114505e0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h616.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun50i-h616.c
@@ -875,7 +875,6 @@ static const struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc h616_pinctrl_data = {
 	.npins = ARRAY_SIZE(h616_pins),
 	.irq_banks = ARRAY_SIZE(h616_irq_bank_map),
 	.irq_bank_map = h616_irq_bank_map,
-	.irq_read_needs_mux = true,
 	.io_bias_cfg_variant = BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_CTL,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523-r.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523-r.c
index 69cd2b4ebd7d..462aa1c4a5fa 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523-r.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523-r.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ static const u8 a523_r_irq_bank_muxes[SUNXI_PINCTRL_MAX_BANKS] =
 static struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc a523_r_pinctrl_data = {
 	.irq_banks = ARRAY_SIZE(a523_r_irq_bank_map),
 	.irq_bank_map = a523_r_irq_bank_map,
-	.irq_read_needs_mux = true,
 	.io_bias_cfg_variant = BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_SEL,
 	.pin_base = PL_BASE,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523.c
index 7d2308c37d29..b6f78f1f30ac 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sun55i-a523.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ static const u8 a523_irq_bank_muxes[SUNXI_PINCTRL_MAX_BANKS] =
 static struct sunxi_pinctrl_desc a523_pinctrl_data = {
 	.irq_banks = ARRAY_SIZE(a523_irq_bank_map),
 	.irq_bank_map = a523_irq_bank_map,
-	.irq_read_needs_mux = true,
 	.io_bias_cfg_variant = BIAS_VOLTAGE_PIO_POW_MODE_SEL,
 };