diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 5264c1a49d86..7bebce190270 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1750,18 +1750,13 @@ static int vxlan_build_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst,
 	}
 
 	min_headroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dst->dev) + dst->header_len
-			+ VXLAN_HLEN + iphdr_len
-			+ (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb) ? VLAN_HLEN : 0);
+			+ VXLAN_HLEN + iphdr_len;
 
 	/* Need space for new headers (invalidates iph ptr) */
 	err = skb_cow_head(skb, min_headroom);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto out_free;
 
-	skb = vlan_hwaccel_push_inside(skb);
-	if (WARN_ON(!skb))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	err = iptunnel_handle_offloads(skb, type);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
@@ -2529,10 +2524,8 @@ static void vxlan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->features   |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
 
 	dev->vlan_features = dev->features;
-	dev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX;
 	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_RXCSUM;
 	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
-	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX;
 	netif_keep_dst(dev);
 	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/if_vlan.h b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
index 3319d97d789d..8d5fcd6284ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_vlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
@@ -399,22 +399,6 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *__vlan_hwaccel_push_inside(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb->vlan_tci = 0;
 	return skb;
 }
-/*
- * vlan_hwaccel_push_inside - pushes vlan tag to the payload
- * @skb: skbuff to tag
- *
- * Checks is tag is present in @skb->vlan_tci and if it is, it pushes the
- * VLAN tag from @skb->vlan_tci inside to the payload.
- *
- * Following the skb_unshare() example, in case of error, the calling function
- * doesn't have to worry about freeing the original skb.
- */
-static inline struct sk_buff *vlan_hwaccel_push_inside(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb))
-		skb = __vlan_hwaccel_push_inside(skb);
-	return skb;
-}
 
 /**
  * __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag - hardware accelerated VLAN inserting