diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card.h b/include/sound/simple_card.h
index 1255ddb1d3e2..b9b4f289fe6b 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 struct asoc_simple_dai {
 	const char *name;
-	unsigned int fmt;
 	unsigned int sysclk;
 	int slots;
 	int slot_width;
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
index f7c6734bd5da..3efd9472b8a3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
@@ -125,14 +125,6 @@ static int __asoc_simple_card_dai_init(struct snd_soc_dai *dai,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (set->fmt) {
-		ret = snd_soc_dai_set_fmt(dai, set->fmt);
-		if (ret && ret != -ENOTSUPP) {
-			dev_err(dai->dev, "simple-card: set_fmt error\n");
-			goto err;
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (set->sysclk) {
 		ret = snd_soc_dai_set_sysclk(dai, 0, set->sysclk, 0);
 		if (ret && ret != -ENOTSUPP) {
@@ -269,12 +261,10 @@ static int asoc_simple_card_parse_daifmt(struct device_node *node,
 					 struct device_node *codec,
 					 char *prefix, int idx)
 {
+	struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link = simple_priv_to_link(priv, idx);
 	struct device *dev = simple_priv_to_dev(priv);
 	struct device_node *bitclkmaster = NULL;
 	struct device_node *framemaster = NULL;
-	struct simple_dai_props *dai_props = simple_priv_to_props(priv, idx);
-	struct asoc_simple_dai *cpu_dai = &dai_props->cpu_dai;
-	struct asoc_simple_dai *codec_dai = &dai_props->codec_dai;
 	unsigned int daifmt;
 
 	daifmt = snd_soc_of_parse_daifmt(node, prefix,
@@ -289,8 +279,7 @@ static int asoc_simple_card_parse_daifmt(struct device_node *node,
 		 */
 		dev_dbg(dev, "Revert to legacy daifmt parsing\n");
 
-		cpu_dai->fmt = codec_dai->fmt =
-			snd_soc_of_parse_daifmt(codec, NULL, NULL, NULL) |
+		daifmt = snd_soc_of_parse_daifmt(codec, NULL, NULL, NULL) |
 			(daifmt & ~SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CLOCK_MASK);
 	} else {
 		if (codec == bitclkmaster)
@@ -299,11 +288,10 @@ static int asoc_simple_card_parse_daifmt(struct device_node *node,
 		else
 			daifmt |= (codec == framemaster) ?
 				SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CBS_CFM : SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CBS_CFS;
-
-		cpu_dai->fmt	= daifmt;
-		codec_dai->fmt	= daifmt;
 	}
 
+	dai_link->dai_fmt = daifmt;
+
 	of_node_put(bitclkmaster);
 	of_node_put(framemaster);
 
@@ -379,13 +367,12 @@ static int asoc_simple_card_dai_link_of(struct device_node *node,
 	dai_link->init = asoc_simple_card_dai_init;
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "\tname : %s\n", dai_link->stream_name);
-	dev_dbg(dev, "\tcpu : %s / %04x / %d\n",
+	dev_dbg(dev, "\tformat : %04x\n", dai_link->dai_fmt);
+	dev_dbg(dev, "\tcpu : %s / %d\n",
 		dai_link->cpu_dai_name,
-		dai_props->cpu_dai.fmt,
 		dai_props->cpu_dai.sysclk);
-	dev_dbg(dev, "\tcodec : %s / %04x / %d\n",
+	dev_dbg(dev, "\tcodec : %s / %d\n",
 		dai_link->codec_dai_name,
-		dai_props->codec_dai.fmt,
 		dai_props->codec_dai.sysclk);
 
 	/*
@@ -572,14 +559,13 @@ static int asoc_simple_card_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dai_link->codec_name	= cinfo->codec;
 		dai_link->cpu_dai_name	= cinfo->cpu_dai.name;
 		dai_link->codec_dai_name = cinfo->codec_dai.name;
+		dai_link->dai_fmt	= cinfo->daifmt;
 		dai_link->init		= asoc_simple_card_dai_init;
 		memcpy(&priv->dai_props->cpu_dai, &cinfo->cpu_dai,
 					sizeof(priv->dai_props->cpu_dai));
 		memcpy(&priv->dai_props->codec_dai, &cinfo->codec_dai,
 					sizeof(priv->dai_props->codec_dai));
 
-		priv->dai_props->cpu_dai.fmt	|= cinfo->daifmt;
-		priv->dai_props->codec_dai.fmt	|= cinfo->daifmt;
 	}
 
 	snd_soc_card_set_drvdata(&priv->snd_card, priv);