diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 8115d68eb603..0245208c2978 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1504,8 +1504,6 @@ struct cfg80211_gtk_rekey_data {
  *	interfaces are active this callback should reject the configuration.
  *	If no interfaces are active or the device is down, the channel should
  *	be stored for when a monitor interface becomes active.
- * @set_monitor_enabled: Notify driver that there are only monitor
- *	interfaces running.
  *
  * @scan: Request to do a scan. If returning zero, the scan request is given
  *	the driver, and will be valid until passed to cfg80211_scan_done().
@@ -1824,8 +1822,6 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
 	void	(*get_et_strings)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 				  u32 sset, u8 *data);
 
-	void (*set_monitor_enabled)(struct wiphy *wiphy, bool enabled);
-
 	struct ieee80211_channel *
 		(*get_channel)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 			       struct wireless_dev *wdev,
diff --git a/net/wireless/chan.c b/net/wireless/chan.c
index a16cdffb24a9..d355f67d0cdd 100644
--- a/net/wireless/chan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/chan.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ int cfg80211_set_monitor_channel(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 				 int freq, enum nl80211_channel_type chantype)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
-	int err;
 
 	if (!rdev->ops->set_monitor_channel)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -93,13 +92,7 @@ int cfg80211_set_monitor_channel(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 	if (!chan)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = rdev->ops->set_monitor_channel(&rdev->wiphy, chan, chantype);
-	if (!err) {
-		rdev->monitor_channel = chan;
-		rdev->monitor_channel_type = chantype;
-	}
-
-	return err;
+	return rdev->ops->set_monitor_channel(&rdev->wiphy, chan, chantype);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 0557bb159025..71b684b5a675 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -736,60 +736,14 @@ static struct device_type wiphy_type = {
 	.name	= "wlan",
 };
 
-static struct ieee80211_channel *
-cfg80211_get_any_chan(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; i++) {
-		sband = rdev->wiphy.bands[i];
-		if (sband && sband->n_channels > 0)
-			return &sband->channels[0];
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static void cfg80211_init_mon_chan(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
-
-	chan = cfg80211_get_any_chan(rdev);
-	if (WARN_ON(!chan))
-		return;
-
-	mutex_lock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
-	WARN_ON(cfg80211_set_monitor_channel(rdev, chan->center_freq,
-					     NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT));
-	mutex_unlock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
-}
-
 void cfg80211_update_iface_num(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 			       enum nl80211_iftype iftype, int num)
 {
-	bool has_monitors_only_old = cfg80211_has_monitors_only(rdev);
-	bool has_monitors_only_new;
-
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 	rdev->num_running_ifaces += num;
 	if (iftype == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
 		rdev->num_running_monitor_ifaces += num;
-
-	has_monitors_only_new = cfg80211_has_monitors_only(rdev);
-	if (has_monitors_only_new != has_monitors_only_old) {
-		if (rdev->ops->set_monitor_enabled)
-			rdev->ops->set_monitor_enabled(&rdev->wiphy,
-						       has_monitors_only_new);
-
-		if (!has_monitors_only_new) {
-			rdev->monitor_channel = NULL;
-			rdev->monitor_channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
-		} else {
-			cfg80211_init_mon_chan(rdev);
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
@@ -912,6 +866,7 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
 			mutex_unlock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
 			dev_put(dev);
 		}
+		cfg80211_update_iface_num(rdev, wdev->iftype, 1);
 		cfg80211_lock_rdev(rdev);
 		mutex_lock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
 		wdev_lock(wdev);
@@ -1006,7 +961,6 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		mutex_unlock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
 		if (ret)
 			return notifier_from_errno(ret);
-		cfg80211_update_iface_num(rdev, wdev->iftype, 1);
 		break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h
index bac97da751df..5206c6844fd7 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.h
+++ b/net/wireless/core.h
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ struct cfg80211_registered_device {
 	int num_running_ifaces;
 	int num_running_monitor_ifaces;
 
-	struct ieee80211_channel *monitor_channel;
-	enum nl80211_channel_type monitor_channel_type;
-
 	/* BSSes/scanning */
 	spinlock_t bss_lock;
 	struct list_head bss_list;