diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/wcd_codec.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/wcd_codec.txt
index b7a81efb768c..5b5d43a6323c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/wcd_codec.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/wcd_codec.txt
@@ -514,10 +514,6 @@ Required properties:
 	       which is also existing driver WSA881x that represents
 	       soundwire slave devices.
 
-Optional Properties:
- - qcom,cache-always : Boolean. This property is used in  WSA slave
-			  device to use cacheable for all registers.
-
 Example:
 
 msm_sdw_codec: qcom,msm-sdw-codec@152c1000 {
@@ -535,7 +531,6 @@ msm_sdw_codec: qcom,msm-sdw-codec@152c1000 {
 			compatible = "qcom,wsa881x";
 			reg = <0x00 0x20170212>;
 			qcom,spkr-sd-n-gpio = <&tlmm 80 0>;
-			qcom,cache-always;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x-regmap.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x-regmap.c
index faa44301286c..20dc3508a5af 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x-regmap.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x-regmap.c
@@ -216,9 +216,6 @@ static bool wsa881x_readable_register(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)
 
 static bool wsa881x_volatile_register(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg)
 {
-	if (cache_always)
-		return false;
-
 	switch (reg) {
 	case WSA881X_CHIP_ID0:
 	case WSA881X_CHIP_ID1:
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
index ba74175dbe10..62547f25bfa1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ enum {
 	WSA881X_DEV_UP,
 };
 
-bool cache_always;
 /*
  * Private data Structure for wsa881x. All parameters related to
  * WSA881X codec needs to be defined here.
@@ -1226,9 +1225,6 @@ static int wsa881x_swr_probe(struct swr_device *pdev)
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;
 	}
-
-	cache_always = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,
-					"qcom,cache-always");
 	wsa881x_gpio_ctrl(wsa881x, true);
 	wsa881x->state = WSA881X_DEV_UP;
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.h b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.h
index 178237555c54..9bd9f9587a2e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.h
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 #define WSA881X_MAX_SWR_PORTS   4
 
-extern bool cache_always;
 extern int wsa881x_set_channel_map(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, u8 *port,
 				u8 num_port, unsigned int *ch_mask,
 				unsigned int *ch_rate);