diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
index 09c4fb7fcf7a..847f354ebef1 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
@@ -109,44 +109,6 @@ static void ath79_spi_disable(struct ath79_spi *sp)
 	ath79_spi_wr(sp, AR71XX_SPI_REG_FS, 0);
 }
 
-static int ath79_spi_setup_cs(struct spi_device *spi)
-{
-	struct ath79_spi *sp = ath79_spidev_to_sp(spi);
-
-	if (!spi->cs_gpiod) {
-		u32 cs_bit = AR71XX_SPI_IOC_CS(spi->chip_select);
-
-		if (spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH)
-			sp->ioc_base &= ~cs_bit;
-		else
-			sp->ioc_base |= cs_bit;
-
-		ath79_spi_wr(sp, AR71XX_SPI_REG_IOC, sp->ioc_base);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int ath79_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
-{
-	int status = 0;
-
-	if (!spi->controller_state) {
-		status = ath79_spi_setup_cs(spi);
-		if (status)
-			return status;
-	}
-
-	status = spi_bitbang_setup(spi);
-
-	return status;
-}
-
-static void ath79_spi_cleanup(struct spi_device *spi)
-{
-	spi_bitbang_cleanup(spi);
-}
-
 static u32 ath79_spi_txrx_mode0(struct spi_device *spi, unsigned int nsecs,
 			       u32 word, u8 bits, unsigned flags)
 {
@@ -199,8 +161,8 @@ static int ath79_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	master->use_gpio_descriptors = true;
 	master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_RANGE_MASK(1, 32);
-	master->setup = ath79_spi_setup;
-	master->cleanup = ath79_spi_cleanup;
+	master->setup = spi_bitbang_setup;
+	master->cleanup = spi_bitbang_cleanup;
 	if (pdata) {
 		master->bus_num = pdata->bus_num;
 		master->num_chipselect = pdata->num_chipselect;
@@ -209,7 +171,6 @@ static int ath79_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	sp->bitbang.master = master;
 	sp->bitbang.chipselect = ath79_spi_chipselect;
 	sp->bitbang.txrx_word[SPI_MODE_0] = ath79_spi_txrx_mode0;
-	sp->bitbang.setup_transfer = spi_bitbang_setup_transfer;
 	sp->bitbang.flags = SPI_CS_HIGH;
 
 	r = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);