diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index e74febef48..b8ee8f91c1 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ 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_TX_MP_CACHE=8
 
 #
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
index 22341b904d..cab45dfe84 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ These options can be modified in the ``.config`` file.
   adds additional run-time checks and debugging messages at the cost of
   lower performance.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS`` (default **n**)
-
-  Mellanox OFED versions earlier than 4.2 may return false errors from
-  Verbs object destruction APIs after the device is plugged out.
-  Enabling this option replaces assertion checks that cause the program
-  to abort with harmless debugging messages as a workaround.
-  Relevant only when CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG is enabled.
-
 - ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_TX_MP_CACHE`` (default **8**)
 
   Maximum number of cached memory pools (MPs) per TX queue. Each MP from
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile b/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
index f1f47c2837..1f95e0df9b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_TX_MP_CACHE
 CFLAGS += -DMLX4_PMD_TX_MP_CACHE=$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_TX_MP_CACHE)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS),y)
-CFLAGS += -DMLX4_PMD_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS
-endif
-
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
 
 # Generate and clean-up mlx4_autoconf.h.
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
index 8c20eea416..4bc4a6ff5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
@@ -728,6 +728,12 @@ RTE_INIT(rte_mlx4_pmd_init);
 static void
 rte_mlx4_pmd_init(void)
 {
+	/*
+	 * MLX4_DEVICE_FATAL_CLEANUP tells ibv_destroy functions we
+	 * want to get success errno value in case of calling them
+	 * when the device was removed.
+	 */
+	setenv("MLX4_DEVICE_FATAL_CLEANUP", "1", 1);
 	/*
 	 * RDMAV_HUGEPAGES_SAFE tells ibv_fork_init() we intend to use
 	 * huge pages. Calling ibv_fork_init() during init allows
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_utils.h b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_utils.h
index dc529c9cfd..4f11405a34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_utils.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_utils.h
@@ -70,13 +70,7 @@ pmd_drv_log_basename(const char *s)
 			__func__, \
 			RTE_FMT_TAIL(__VA_ARGS__,)))
 #define DEBUG(...) PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
-#ifndef MLX4_PMD_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS
 #define claim_zero(...) assert((__VA_ARGS__) == 0)
-#else /* MLX4_PMD_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS */
-#define claim_zero(...) \
-	(void)(((__VA_ARGS__) == 0) || \
-		DEBUG("Assertion `(" # __VA_ARGS__ ") == 0' failed (IGNORED)."))
-#endif /* MLX4_PMD_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS */
 
 #else /* NDEBUG */