diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index 4354970e38..439f3cceb5 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_INC_VECTOR=y
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS=n
-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_MAX_INLINE=0
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_TX_MP_CACHE=8
 
 #
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile b/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
index f9257fcbcc..bd713e2e08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ else
 CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG -UPEDANTIC
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_MAX_INLINE
-CFLAGS += -DMLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE=$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_MAX_INLINE)
-endif
-
 ifdef CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_TX_MP_CACHE
 CFLAGS += -DMLX4_PMD_TX_MP_CACHE=$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_TX_MP_CACHE)
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
index 0bbcb7b433..394b87c4c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
@@ -1428,7 +1428,6 @@ mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 					      (uintptr_t)addr);
 			RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(elt_next->buf);
 			/* Put packet into send queue. */
-#if MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE > 0
 			if (length <= txq->max_inline)
 				err = txq->if_qp->send_pending_inline
 					(txq->qp,
@@ -1436,7 +1435,6 @@ mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 					 length,
 					 send_flags);
 			else
-#endif
 				err = txq->if_qp->send_pending
 					(txq->qp,
 					 addr,
@@ -1578,9 +1576,7 @@ txq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct txq *txq, uint16_t desc,
 					  MLX4_PMD_SGE_WR_N) ?
 					 priv->device_attr.max_sge :
 					 MLX4_PMD_SGE_WR_N),
-#if MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE > 0
 			.max_inline_data = MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE,
-#endif
 		},
 		.qp_type = IBV_QPT_RAW_PACKET,
 		/* Do *NOT* enable this, completions events are managed per
@@ -1598,10 +1594,8 @@ txq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct txq *txq, uint16_t desc,
 		      (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
 		goto error;
 	}
-#if MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE > 0
 	/* ibv_create_qp() updates this value. */
 	tmpl.max_inline = attr.init.cap.max_inline_data;
-#endif
 	attr.mod = (struct ibv_exp_qp_attr){
 		/* Move the QP to this state. */
 		.qp_state = IBV_QPS_INIT,
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.h b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.h
index 5c2005da84..256e6446db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.h
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@
 #define MLX4_PMD_SGE_WR_N 4
 
 /* Maximum size for inline data. */
-#ifndef MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE
 #define MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE 0
-#endif
 
 /*
  * Maximum number of cached Memory Pools (MPs) per TX queue. Each RTE MP
@@ -267,9 +265,7 @@ struct txq {
 	struct ibv_qp *qp; /* Queue Pair. */
 	struct ibv_exp_qp_burst_family *if_qp; /* QP burst interface. */
 	struct ibv_exp_cq_family *if_cq; /* CQ interface. */
-#if MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE > 0
 	uint32_t max_inline; /* Max inline send size <= MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE. */
-#endif
 	unsigned int elts_n; /* (*elts)[] length. */
 	struct txq_elt (*elts)[]; /* TX elements. */
 	unsigned int elts_head; /* Current index in (*elts)[]. */