diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
index 2d00e83ec0a55eb396eede016fb891fecb7cb417..ccf335775ec353eb45c90ac0e726474aa91a75d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
@@ -1458,8 +1458,6 @@ void iwlagn_request_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	}
 	scan->tx_cmd.len = cpu_to_le16(cmd_len);
-	if (iwl_is_monitor_mode(priv))
-		scan->filter_flags = RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK;
 
 	scan->filter_flags |= (RXON_FILTER_ACCEPT_GRP_MSK |
 			       RXON_FILTER_BCON_AWARE_MSK);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
index aa86ef9fb426b88da3b28fc158b79698a61dce4c..d282bef5d7eaa55919e06d6a4210816107f5fd5b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
@@ -834,11 +834,10 @@ static u8 iwl_count_chain_bitmap(u32 chain_bitmap)
  * never called for monitor mode. The only way mac80211 informs us about
  * monitor mode is through configuring filters (call to configure_filter).
  */
-bool iwl_is_monitor_mode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+static bool iwl_is_monitor_mode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
 	return !!(priv->staging_rxon.filter_flags & RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_is_monitor_mode);
 
 /**
  * iwl_set_rxon_chain - Set up Rx chain usage in "staging" RXON image
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
index d9ec0307220ce7831011c8f2d72941f617d6a8d4..e267a218e3e01d7c699624bdeef22993ddcce4bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ void iwl_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 			  unsigned int changed_flags,
 			  unsigned int *total_flags, u64 multicast);
 int iwl_set_hw_params(struct iwl_priv *priv);
-bool iwl_is_monitor_mode(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 void iwl_post_associate(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 void iwl_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				     struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 64b20e78376ee8e487a0aeb752d6f08d7d993baf..e7263ed693c4b3df6a8aa15fe6082c3c9f41a0ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -2963,9 +2963,6 @@ void iwl3945_request_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	/* select Rx antennas */
 	scan->flags |= iwl3945_get_antenna_flags(priv);
 
-	if (iwl_is_monitor_mode(priv))
-		scan->filter_flags = RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK;
-
 	scan->channel_count =
 		iwl3945_get_channels_for_scan(priv, band, is_active, n_probes,
 			(void *)&scan->data[le16_to_cpu(scan->tx_cmd.len)]);