diff --git a/sound/soc/au1x/dbdma2.c b/sound/soc/au1x/dbdma2.c
index 3b4eafaf30d3..17a24d804734 100644
--- a/sound/soc/au1x/dbdma2.c
+++ b/sound/soc/au1x/dbdma2.c
@@ -65,19 +65,10 @@ struct au1xpsc_audio_dmadata {
 #define AU1XPSC_PERIOD_MIN_BYTES	1024
 #define AU1XPSC_BUFFER_MIN_BYTES	65536
 
-#define AU1XPSC_PCM_FMTS					\
-	(SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S8     | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U8 |	\
-	 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_BE |	\
-	 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U16_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U16_BE |	\
-	 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_BE |	\
-	 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U32_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U32_BE |	\
-	 0)
-
 /* PCM hardware DMA capabilities - platform specific */
 static const struct snd_pcm_hardware au1xpsc_pcm_hardware = {
 	.info		  = SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID |
 			    SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BATCH,
-	.formats	  = AU1XPSC_PCM_FMTS,
 	.period_bytes_min = AU1XPSC_PERIOD_MIN_BYTES,
 	.period_bytes_max = 4096 * 1024 - 1,
 	.periods_min	  = 2,
diff --git a/sound/soc/au1x/dma.c b/sound/soc/au1x/dma.c
index befd1074f9bd..e920b60bf6c2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/au1x/dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/au1x/dma.c
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@
 
 #include "psc.h"
 
-#define ALCHEMY_PCM_FMTS					\
-	(SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S8     | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U8 |	\
-	 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_BE |	\
-	 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U16_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U16_BE |	\
-	 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_BE |	\
-	 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U32_LE | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U32_BE |	\
-	 0)
-
 struct pcm_period {
 	u32 start;
 	u32 relative_end;	/* relative to start of buffer */
@@ -171,12 +163,6 @@ static irqreturn_t au1000_dma_interrupt(int irq, void *ptr)
 static const struct snd_pcm_hardware alchemy_pcm_hardware = {
 	.info		  = SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID |
 			    SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BATCH,
-	.formats	  = ALCHEMY_PCM_FMTS,
-	.rates		  = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_8000_192000,
-	.rate_min	  = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_8000,
-	.rate_max	  = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_192000,
-	.channels_min	  = 2,
-	.channels_max	  = 2,
 	.period_bytes_min = 1024,
 	.period_bytes_max = 16 * 1024 - 1,
 	.periods_min	  = 4,