diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a-rdb-dpdk.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a-rdb-dpdk.dts
index ac9044386ccb12be24adb70510247ba8b5c0e4be..8c96db91c46382b8dc6465209377fd3f8b406700 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a-rdb-dpdk.dts
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a-rdb-dpdk.dts
@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@
 #include "fsl-ls1028a-rdb.dts"
 
 &enetc_port0 {
+	/* Leave the port with SGMII in-band autoneg enabled */
 	/delete-property/ phy-handle;
-	/delete-property/ phy-connection-type;
-	/delete-node/ mdio;
-
-	fixed-link {
-		speed = <1000>;
-		full-duplex;
-	};
 };
 
 /delete-node/ &enetc_mdio_pf3;