diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 330c82c58afe..63338f68de48 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -1105,12 +1105,6 @@ struct snd_soc_card {
 	ANDROID_KABI_RESERVE(3);
 	ANDROID_KABI_RESERVE(4);
 };
-
-struct snd_soc_card_ext {
-	struct snd_soc_card card;
-	unsigned int component_chaining:1;
-};
-
 #define for_each_card_prelinks(card, i, link)				\
 	for ((i) = 0;							\
 	     ((i) < (card)->num_links) && ((link) = &(card)->dai_link[i]); \
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 59113d831c39..678547b939e5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2175,17 +2175,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_add_dai_controls);
  */
 int snd_soc_register_card(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_card_ext *card_ext;
-
 	if (!card->name || !card->dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	card_ext = devm_kzalloc(card->dev,
-				sizeof(struct snd_soc_card_ext), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	memcpy(&card_ext->card, card, sizeof(struct snd_soc_card));
-	card = &card_ext->card;
-
 	dev_set_drvdata(card->dev, card);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&card->widgets);
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index 406273166d19..69c78fd59e41 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,6 @@ int dpcm_path_get(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *fe,
 	int stream, struct snd_soc_dapm_widget_list **list)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = asoc_rtd_to_cpu(fe, 0);
-	struct snd_soc_card_ext *card_ext;
 	int paths;
 
 	if (fe->num_cpus > 1) {
@@ -1283,12 +1282,9 @@ int dpcm_path_get(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *fe,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	card_ext = container_of(fe->card, struct snd_soc_card_ext, card);
-
 	/* get number of valid DAI paths and their widgets */
 	paths = snd_soc_dapm_dai_get_connected_widgets(cpu_dai, stream, list,
-			card_ext->component_chaining ?
-					NULL : dpcm_end_walk_at_be);
+			dpcm_end_walk_at_be);
 
 	dev_dbg(fe->dev, "ASoC: found %d audio %s paths\n", paths,
 			stream ? "capture" : "playback");