diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index a2bde80..e6e350c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -3255,14 +3255,6 @@
 	if (drive->autotune == IDE_TUNE_DEFAULT ||
 	    drive->autotune == IDE_TUNE_AUTO)
 		drive->dsc_overlap = (drive->next != drive);
-#if 0
-	drive->dsc_overlap = (HWIF(drive)->no_dsc) ? 0 : 1;
-	if (HWIF(drive)->no_dsc) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "ide-cd: %s: disabling DSC overlap\n",
-			drive->name);
-		drive->dsc_overlap = 0;
-	}
-#endif
 
 	if (ide_cdrom_register(drive, nslots)) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR "%s: ide_cdrom_setup failed to register device with the cdrom driver.\n", drive->name);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 65eb095..15b1383 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@
 	hwif->extra_ports		= tmp_hwif->extra_ports;
 	hwif->autodma			= tmp_hwif->autodma;
 	hwif->udma_four			= tmp_hwif->udma_four;
-	hwif->no_dsc			= tmp_hwif->no_dsc;
 
 	hwif->hwif_data			= tmp_hwif->hwif_data;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/aec62xx.c b/drivers/ide/pci/aec62xx.c
index d261bfb..cac12c3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/aec62xx.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/aec62xx.c
@@ -286,10 +286,8 @@
 	hwif->tuneproc = &aec62xx_tune_drive;
 	hwif->speedproc = &aec62xx_tune_chipset;
 
-	if (hwif->pci_dev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_ARTOP_ATP850UF) {
+	if (hwif->pci_dev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_ARTOP_ATP850UF)
 		hwif->serialized = hwif->channel;
-		hwif->no_dsc = 1;
-	}
 
 	if (hwif->mate)
 		hwif->mate->serialized = hwif->serialized;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c b/drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c
index 6707f39..0de3b61 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@
 
 	hwif->tuneproc = &hpt34x_tune_drive;
 	hwif->speedproc = &hpt34x_tune_chipset;
-	hwif->no_dsc = 1;
 	hwif->drives[0].autotune = 1;
 	hwif->drives[1].autotune = 1;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 59bb580..606cef7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -803,7 +803,6 @@
 	unsigned	udma_four  : 1;	/* 1=ATA-66 capable, 0=default */
 	unsigned	no_lba48   : 1; /* 1 = cannot do LBA48 */
 	unsigned	no_lba48_dma : 1; /* 1 = cannot do LBA48 DMA */
-	unsigned	no_dsc     : 1;	/* 0 default, 1 dsc_overlap disabled */
 	unsigned	auto_poll  : 1; /* supports nop auto-poll */
 	unsigned	sg_mapped  : 1;	/* sg_table and sg_nents are ready */
 	unsigned	no_io_32bit : 1; /* 1 = can not do 32-bit IO ops */