diff --git a/core/hdd/inc/wlan_hdd_cfg.h b/core/hdd/inc/wlan_hdd_cfg.h
index 1bf0c0a43a5a..b5f30dc07e53 100644
--- a/core/hdd/inc/wlan_hdd_cfg.h
+++ b/core/hdd/inc/wlan_hdd_cfg.h
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ struct hdd_config {
 #ifdef ENABLE_MTRACE_LOG
 	bool enable_mtrace;
 #endif
-	bool prevent_link_down;
 	bool fEnableSNRMonitoring;
 	bool advertiseConcurrentOperation;
 #ifdef DHCP_SERVER_OFFLOAD