diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index af9ddd3902cc..98d77a9e5cf1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ module_param(downdelay, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(downdelay, "Delay before considering link down, "
 			    "in milliseconds");
 module_param(use_carrier, int, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_carrier, "Use netif_carrier_ok (vs MII ioctls) in miimon; "
-			      "0 for off, 1 for on (default)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_carrier, "Obsolete, has no effect");
 module_param(mode, charp, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode, "Mode of operation; 0 for balance-rr, "
 		       "1 for active-backup, 2 for balance-xor, "
@@ -723,73 +722,6 @@ const char *bond_slave_link_status(s8 link)
 	}
 }
 
-/* if <dev> supports MII link status reporting, check its link status.
- *
- * We either do MII/ETHTOOL ioctls, or check netif_carrier_ok(),
- * depending upon the setting of the use_carrier parameter.
- *
- * Return either BMSR_LSTATUS, meaning that the link is up (or we
- * can't tell and just pretend it is), or 0, meaning that the link is
- * down.
- *
- * If reporting is non-zero, instead of faking link up, return -1 if
- * both ETHTOOL and MII ioctls fail (meaning the device does not
- * support them).  If use_carrier is set, return whatever it says.
- * It'd be nice if there was a good way to tell if a driver supports
- * netif_carrier, but there really isn't.
- */
-static int bond_check_dev_link(struct bonding *bond,
-			       struct net_device *slave_dev, int reporting)
-{
-	const struct net_device_ops *slave_ops = slave_dev->netdev_ops;
-	int (*ioctl)(struct net_device *, struct ifreq *, int);
-	struct ifreq ifr;
-	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii;
-
-	if (!reporting && !netif_running(slave_dev))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (bond->params.use_carrier)
-		return netif_carrier_ok(slave_dev) ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
-
-	/* Try to get link status using Ethtool first. */
-	if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link)
-		return slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev) ?
-			BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
-
-	/* Ethtool can't be used, fallback to MII ioctls. */
-	ioctl = slave_ops->ndo_eth_ioctl;
-	if (ioctl) {
-		/* TODO: set pointer to correct ioctl on a per team member
-		 *       bases to make this more efficient. that is, once
-		 *       we determine the correct ioctl, we will always
-		 *       call it and not the others for that team
-		 *       member.
-		 */
-
-		/* We cannot assume that SIOCGMIIPHY will also read a
-		 * register; not all network drivers (e.g., e100)
-		 * support that.
-		 */
-
-		/* Yes, the mii is overlaid on the ifreq.ifr_ifru */
-		strscpy_pad(ifr.ifr_name, slave_dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-		mii = if_mii(&ifr);
-		if (ioctl(slave_dev, &ifr, SIOCGMIIPHY) == 0) {
-			mii->reg_num = MII_BMSR;
-			if (ioctl(slave_dev, &ifr, SIOCGMIIREG) == 0)
-				return mii->val_out & BMSR_LSTATUS;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* If reporting, report that either there's no ndo_eth_ioctl,
-	 * or both SIOCGMIIREG and get_link failed (meaning that we
-	 * cannot report link status).  If not reporting, pretend
-	 * we're ok.
-	 */
-	return reporting ? -1 : BMSR_LSTATUS;
-}
-
 /*----------------------------- Multicast list ------------------------------*/
 
 /* Push the promiscuity flag down to appropriate slaves */
@@ -1832,7 +1764,6 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
 	const struct net_device_ops *slave_ops = slave_dev->netdev_ops;
 	struct slave *new_slave = NULL, *prev_slave;
 	struct sockaddr_storage ss;
-	int link_reporting;
 	int res = 0, i;
 
 	if (slave_dev->flags & IFF_MASTER &&
@@ -1842,12 +1773,6 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	if (!bond->params.use_carrier &&
-	    slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link == NULL &&
-	    slave_ops->ndo_eth_ioctl == NULL) {
-		slave_warn(bond_dev, slave_dev, "no link monitoring support\n");
-	}
-
 	/* already in-use? */
 	if (netdev_is_rx_handler_busy(slave_dev)) {
 		SLAVE_NL_ERR(bond_dev, slave_dev, extack,
@@ -2050,29 +1975,10 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
 
 	new_slave->last_tx = new_slave->last_rx;
 
-	if (bond->params.miimon && !bond->params.use_carrier) {
-		link_reporting = bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave_dev, 1);
-
-		if ((link_reporting == -1) && !bond->params.arp_interval) {
-			/* miimon is set but a bonded network driver
-			 * does not support ETHTOOL/MII and
-			 * arp_interval is not set.  Note: if
-			 * use_carrier is enabled, we will never go
-			 * here (because netif_carrier is always
-			 * supported); thus, we don't need to change
-			 * the messages for netif_carrier.
-			 */
-			slave_warn(bond_dev, slave_dev, "MII and ETHTOOL support not available for slave, and arp_interval/arp_ip_target module parameters not specified, thus bonding will not detect link failures! see bonding.txt for details\n");
-		} else if (link_reporting == -1) {
-			/* unable get link status using mii/ethtool */
-			slave_warn(bond_dev, slave_dev, "can't get link status from slave; the network driver associated with this interface does not support MII or ETHTOOL link status reporting, thus miimon has no effect on this interface\n");
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* check for initial state */
 	new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_NOCHANGE;
 	if (bond->params.miimon) {
-		if (bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave_dev, 0) == BMSR_LSTATUS) {
+		if (netif_carrier_ok(slave_dev)) {
 			if (bond->params.updelay) {
 				bond_set_slave_link_state(new_slave,
 							  BOND_LINK_BACK,
@@ -2601,7 +2507,7 @@ static int bond_miimon_inspect(struct bonding *bond)
 	bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, slave, iter) {
 		bond_propose_link_state(slave, BOND_LINK_NOCHANGE);
 
-		link_state = bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave->dev, 0);
+		link_state = netif_carrier_ok(slave->dev);
 
 		switch (slave->link) {
 		case BOND_LINK_UP:
@@ -6044,12 +5950,6 @@ static int __init bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 		downdelay = 0;
 	}
 
-	if ((use_carrier != 0) && (use_carrier != 1)) {
-		pr_warn("Warning: use_carrier module parameter (%d), not of valid value (0/1), so it was set to 1\n",
-			use_carrier);
-		use_carrier = 1;
-	}
-
 	if (num_peer_notif < 0 || num_peer_notif > 255) {
 		pr_warn("Warning: num_grat_arp/num_unsol_na (%d) not in range 0-255 so it was reset to 1\n",
 			num_peer_notif);
@@ -6294,7 +6194,6 @@ static int __init bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 	params->updelay = updelay;
 	params->downdelay = downdelay;
 	params->peer_notif_delay = 0;
-	params->use_carrier = use_carrier;
 	params->lacp_active = 1;
 	params->lacp_fast = lacp_fast;
 	params->primary[0] = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index 2a6a424806aa..e35433cd76b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -257,15 +257,6 @@ static int bond_changelink(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
-	if (data[IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER]) {
-		int use_carrier = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER]);
-
-		bond_opt_initval(&newval, use_carrier);
-		err = __bond_opt_set(bond, BOND_OPT_USE_CARRIER, &newval,
-				     data[IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER], extack);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-	}
 	if (data[IFLA_BOND_ARP_INTERVAL]) {
 		int arp_interval = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_BOND_ARP_INTERVAL]);
 
@@ -674,7 +665,7 @@ static int bond_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			bond->params.peer_notif_delay * bond->params.miimon))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER, bond->params.use_carrier))
+	if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER, 1))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_BOND_ARP_INTERVAL, bond->params.arp_interval))
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index bc80fb6397dc..ab5db55e27ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -183,12 +183,6 @@ static const struct bond_opt_value bond_primary_reselect_tbl[] = {
 	{ NULL,      -1},
 };
 
-static const struct bond_opt_value bond_use_carrier_tbl[] = {
-	{ "off", 0,  0},
-	{ "on",  1,  BOND_VALFLAG_DEFAULT},
-	{ NULL,  -1, 0}
-};
-
 static const struct bond_opt_value bond_all_slaves_active_tbl[] = {
 	{ "off", 0,  BOND_VALFLAG_DEFAULT},
 	{ "on",  1,  0},
@@ -410,8 +404,7 @@ static const struct bond_option bond_opts[BOND_OPT_LAST] = {
 	[BOND_OPT_USE_CARRIER] = {
 		.id = BOND_OPT_USE_CARRIER,
 		.name = "use_carrier",
-		.desc = "Use netif_carrier_ok (vs MII ioctls) in miimon",
-		.values = bond_use_carrier_tbl,
+		.desc = "Obsolete, has no effect",
 		.set = bond_option_use_carrier_set
 	},
 	[BOND_OPT_ACTIVE_SLAVE] = {
@@ -1064,10 +1057,6 @@ static int bond_option_peer_notif_delay_set(struct bonding *bond,
 static int bond_option_use_carrier_set(struct bonding *bond,
 				       const struct bond_opt_value *newval)
 {
-	netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "Setting use_carrier to %llu\n",
-		   newval->value);
-	bond->params.use_carrier = newval->value;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 1e13bb170515..9a75ad3181ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -467,14 +467,12 @@ static ssize_t bonding_show_primary_reselect(struct device *d,
 static DEVICE_ATTR(primary_reselect, 0644,
 		   bonding_show_primary_reselect, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
 
-/* Show the use_carrier flag. */
+/* use_carrier is obsolete, but print value for compatibility */
 static ssize_t bonding_show_carrier(struct device *d,
 				    struct device_attribute *attr,
 				    char *buf)
 {
-	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
-
-	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", bond->params.use_carrier);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "1\n");
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(use_carrier, 0644,
 		   bonding_show_carrier, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index b61fb1aa3a56..2977a9bc343b 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ struct bond_params {
 	int arp_interval;
 	int arp_validate;
 	int arp_all_targets;
-	int use_carrier;
 	int fail_over_mac;
 	int updelay;
 	int downdelay;
