diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index 413f01be0c9b..bcdc2d557de1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -626,7 +626,6 @@ static void vti6_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = t->dev;
 	struct __ip6_tnl_parm *p = &t->parms;
-	struct net_device *tdev = NULL;
 
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, &p->laddr, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 	memcpy(dev->broadcast, &p->raddr, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
@@ -639,25 +638,6 @@ static void vti6_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t)
 		dev->flags |= IFF_POINTOPOINT;
 	else
 		dev->flags &= ~IFF_POINTOPOINT;
-
-	if (p->flags & IP6_TNL_F_CAP_XMIT) {
-		int strict = (ipv6_addr_type(&p->raddr) &
-			      (IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST | IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL));
-		struct rt6_info *rt = rt6_lookup(t->net,
-						 &p->raddr, &p->laddr,
-						 p->link, strict);
-
-		if (rt)
-			tdev = rt->dst.dev;
-		ip6_rt_put(rt);
-	}
-
-	if (!tdev && p->link)
-		tdev = __dev_get_by_index(t->net, p->link);
-
-	if (tdev)
-		dev->mtu = max_t(int, tdev->mtu - dev->hard_header_len,
-				 IPV6_MIN_MTU);
 }
 
 /**