diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 718897e6d37f..d1a9a0a64f95 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
  */
 static inline bool queue_should_plug(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	return !(blk_queue_nonrot(q) && blk_queue_queuing(q));
+	return !(blk_queue_nonrot(q) && blk_queue_tagged(q));
 }
 
 static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
@@ -1859,15 +1859,8 @@ void blk_dequeue_request(struct request *rq)
 	 * and to it is freed is accounted as io that is in progress at
 	 * the driver side.
 	 */
-	if (blk_account_rq(rq)) {
+	if (blk_account_rq(rq))
 		q->in_flight[rq_is_sync(rq)]++;
-		/*
-		 * Mark this device as supporting hardware queuing, if
-		 * we have more IOs in flight than 4.
-		 */
-		if (!blk_queue_queuing(q) && queue_in_flight(q) > 4)
-			set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CQ, &q->queue_flags);
-	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 5c8018977efa..1896e868854f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ struct request_queue
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT      14	/* non-rotational device (SSD) */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT        QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT /* paravirt device */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT     15	/* do IO stats */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_CQ	       16	/* hardware does queuing */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD     17	/* supports DISCARD */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD     16	/* supports DISCARD */
 
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT	((1 << QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT) |		\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER) |		\
@@ -586,7 +585,6 @@ enum {
 
 #define blk_queue_plugged(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_tagged(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED, &(q)->queue_flags)
-#define blk_queue_queuing(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CQ, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_stopped(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_nomerges(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_nonrot(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, &(q)->queue_flags)