diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/seconorth/imx6qdl-san.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/seconorth/imx6qdl-san.dtsi
index 9470c33527b1f7eadb539568ed0f3f18632e2d89..d46c432b4081ccac1e9f52a78627119f081e90ab 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/seconorth/imx6qdl-san.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/seconorth/imx6qdl-san.dtsi
@@ -1105,12 +1105,10 @@ MX6QDL_PAD_GPIO_9__WDOG1_B		0x1b0b0
 };
 
 &ssi1 {
-	fsl,mode = "i2s-master";
 	status = "disabled";
 };
 
 &ssi2 {
-	fsl,mode = "i2s-master";
 	status = "disabled";
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/seconorth/imx6qdl-santvend.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/seconorth/imx6qdl-santvend.dtsi
index 36868431086a24d6bc071b46b9b9e9c59ef1edc2..0199602550ed42bdb28428c6a799e0bf79ab43e1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/seconorth/imx6qdl-santvend.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/seconorth/imx6qdl-santvend.dtsi
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ cpu_dai: simple-audio-card,cpu {
 };
 
 &ssi2 {
-	fsl,mode = "i2s-master";
 	status = "okay";
 };