diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
index ed536d7499db..5e32db48696d 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ int io_uring_cmd_prep_async(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_uring_cmd);
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(uring_cmd_pdu_size(0) != 16);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(uring_cmd_pdu_size(1) != 80);
-
 	memcpy(req->async_data, ioucmd->sqe, uring_sqe_size(req->ctx));
 	ioucmd->sqe = req->async_data;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.h b/io_uring/uring_cmd.h
index 7c6697d13cb2..8117684ec3ca 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.h
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.h
@@ -3,11 +3,3 @@
 int io_uring_cmd(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags);
 int io_uring_cmd_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe);
 int io_uring_cmd_prep_async(struct io_kiocb *req);
-
-/*
- * The URING_CMD payload starts at 'cmd' in the first sqe, and continues into
- * the following sqe if SQE128 is used.
- */
-#define uring_cmd_pdu_size(is_sqe128)				\
-	((1 + !!(is_sqe128)) * sizeof(struct io_uring_sqe) -	\
-		offsetof(struct io_uring_sqe, cmd))