diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
index ca435811c310..21b69e592664 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
@@ -390,11 +390,7 @@ static int asd_build_ata_ascb(struct asd_ascb *ascb, struct sas_task *task,
 
 		scb->ata_task.retry_count = task->ata_task.retry_count;
 
-		if (task->ata_task.stp_affil_pol)
-			flags = STP_AFFIL_POLICY;
-		else
-			flags = 0;
-		scb->ata_task.flags = flags;
+		scb->ata_task.flags = 0;
 	}
 	ascb->tasklet_complete = asd_task_tasklet_complete;
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index 3a52094090a1..a65c16643315 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ struct sas_ata_task {
 
 	u8     dma_xfer:1;	  /* PIO:0 or DMA:1 */
 	u8     use_ncq:1;
-	u8     stp_affil_pol:1;
 
 	u8     device_control_reg_update:1;