diff --git a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
index 788a269..a2d84f7 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
@@ -105,9 +105,8 @@
 	PIIX_FLAG_AHCI		= (1 << 27), /* AHCI possible */
 	PIIX_FLAG_CHECKINTR	= (1 << 28), /* make sure PCI INTx enabled */
 
-	PIIX_PATA_FLAGS		= ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_DETECT_POLLING,
-	PIIX_SATA_FLAGS		= ATA_FLAG_SATA | PIIX_FLAG_CHECKINTR |
-				  ATA_FLAG_DETECT_POLLING,
+	PIIX_PATA_FLAGS		= ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS,
+	PIIX_SATA_FLAGS		= ATA_FLAG_SATA | PIIX_FLAG_CHECKINTR,
 
 	/* combined mode.  if set, PATA is channel 0.
 	 * if clear, PATA is channel 1.
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 8832763..f8ec389 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -1473,16 +1473,12 @@
 	}
 
 	tf.protocol = ATA_PROT_PIO;
-
-	/* presence detection using polling IDENTIFY? */
-	if (flags & ATA_READID_DETECT)
-		tf.flags |= ATA_TFLAG_POLLING;
+	tf.flags |= ATA_TFLAG_POLLING; /* for polling presence detection */
 
 	err_mask = ata_exec_internal(dev, &tf, NULL, DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
 				     id, sizeof(id[0]) * ATA_ID_WORDS);
 	if (err_mask) {
-		if ((flags & ATA_READID_DETECT) &&
-		    (err_mask & AC_ERR_NODEV_HINT)) {
+		if (err_mask & AC_ERR_NODEV_HINT) {
 			DPRINTK("ata%u.%d: NODEV after polling detection\n",
 				ap->id, dev->devno);
 			return -ENOENT;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 2aad7b7..76a85df 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1692,9 +1692,6 @@
 			   ata_class_enabled(ehc->classes[dev->devno])) {
 			dev->class = ehc->classes[dev->devno];
 
-			if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_DETECT_POLLING)
-				readid_flags |= ATA_READID_DETECT;
-
 			rc = ata_dev_read_id(dev, &dev->class, readid_flags,
 					     dev->id);
 			if (rc == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index 1ff3f59..107b2b5 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 enum {
 	/* flags for ata_dev_read_id() */
 	ATA_READID_POSTRESET	= (1 << 0), /* reading ID after reset */
-	ATA_READID_DETECT	= (1 << 1), /* perform presence detection
-					     * using polling IDENTIFY */
 };
 
 extern struct workqueue_struct *ata_aux_wq;
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 8b57b6a..202283b 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@
 	ATA_FLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY	= (1 << 12), /* can't wait for the first D2H
 					      * Register FIS clearing BSY */
 	ATA_FLAG_DEBUGMSG	= (1 << 13),
-	ATA_FLAG_DETECT_POLLING	= (1 << 14), /* detect device presence by
-					      * polling IDENTIFY */
-	ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING= (1 << 15), /* use polling for SETXFER */
+	ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING= (1 << 14), /* use polling for SETXFER */
 
 	/* The following flag belongs to ap->pflags but is kept in
 	 * ap->flags because it's referenced in many LLDs and will be