diff --git a/drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c b/drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c
index 3420d833db17..cdb9f6de132a 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ int microread_probe(void *phy_id, struct nfc_phy_ops *phy_ops, char *llc_name,
 {
 	struct microread_info *info;
 	unsigned long quirks = 0;
-	u32 protocols, se;
+	u32 protocols;
 	struct nfc_hci_init_data init_data;
 	int r;
 
@@ -678,10 +678,8 @@ int microread_probe(void *phy_id, struct nfc_phy_ops *phy_ops, char *llc_name,
 		    NFC_PROTO_ISO14443_B_MASK |
 		    NFC_PROTO_NFC_DEP_MASK;
 
-	se = NFC_SE_UICC | NFC_SE_EMBEDDED;
-
 	info->hdev = nfc_hci_allocate_device(&microread_hci_ops, &init_data,
-					     quirks, protocols, se, llc_name,
+					     quirks, protocols, llc_name,
 					     phy_headroom +
 					     MICROREAD_CMDS_HEADROOM,
 					     phy_tailroom +
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/nfcwilink.c b/drivers/nfc/nfcwilink.c
index 41cf8f70a6ad..59f95d8fc98c 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/nfcwilink.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/nfcwilink.c
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ static int nfcwilink_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	drv->ndev = nci_allocate_device(&nfcwilink_ops,
 					protocols,
-					NFC_SE_NONE,
 					NFCWILINK_HDR_LEN,
 					0);
 	if (!drv->ndev) {
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533.c
index e196bdfcfc30..a1b46aa7b4d5 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn533.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533.c
@@ -2791,7 +2791,6 @@ static int pn533_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 
 
 	dev->nfc_dev = nfc_allocate_device(&pn533_nfc_ops, protocols,
-					   NFC_SE_NONE,
 					   dev->ops->tx_header_len +
 					   PN533_CMD_DATAEXCH_HEAD_LEN,
 					   dev->ops->tx_tail_len);
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn544/pn544.c b/drivers/nfc/pn544/pn544.c
index 84b5168b603c..0d17da7675b7 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn544/pn544.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn544/pn544.c
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ int pn544_hci_probe(void *phy_id, struct nfc_phy_ops *phy_ops, char *llc_name,
 		    struct nfc_hci_dev **hdev)
 {
 	struct pn544_hci_info *info;
-	u32 protocols, se;
+	u32 protocols;
 	struct nfc_hci_init_data init_data;
 	int r;
 
@@ -836,10 +836,8 @@ int pn544_hci_probe(void *phy_id, struct nfc_phy_ops *phy_ops, char *llc_name,
 		    NFC_PROTO_ISO14443_B_MASK |
 		    NFC_PROTO_NFC_DEP_MASK;
 
-	se = NFC_SE_UICC | NFC_SE_EMBEDDED;
-
 	info->hdev = nfc_hci_allocate_device(&pn544_hci_ops, &init_data, 0,
-					     protocols, se, llc_name,
+					     protocols, llc_name,
 					     phy_headroom + PN544_CMDS_HEADROOM,
 					     phy_tailroom, phy_payload);
 	if (!info->hdev) {
diff --git a/include/net/nfc/hci.h b/include/net/nfc/hci.h
index 14faf2dc7a48..eca8846a63d6 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/hci.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/hci.h
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ struct nfc_hci_dev *nfc_hci_allocate_device(struct nfc_hci_ops *ops,
 					    struct nfc_hci_init_data *init_data,
 					    unsigned long quirks,
 					    u32 protocols,
-					    u32 supported_se,
 					    const char *llc_name,
 					    int tx_headroom,
 					    int tx_tailroom,
diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
index fc1296db237b..99fc1f3a392a 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ struct nci_dev {
 /* ----- NCI Devices ----- */
 struct nci_dev *nci_allocate_device(struct nci_ops *ops,
 				    __u32 supported_protocols,
-				    __u32 supported_se,
 				    int tx_headroom,
 				    int tx_tailroom);
 void nci_free_device(struct nci_dev *ndev);
diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nfc.h b/include/net/nfc/nfc.h
index 8fc1784a264d..9900c0f5d6bd 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nfc.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nfc.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ struct nfc_dev {
 	struct nfc_genl_data genl_data;
 	u32 supported_protocols;
 
-	u32 supported_se;
 	u32 active_se;
 
 	int tx_headroom;
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ extern struct class nfc_class;
 
 struct nfc_dev *nfc_allocate_device(struct nfc_ops *ops,
 				    u32 supported_protocols,
-				    u32 supported_se,
 				    int tx_headroom,
 				    int tx_tailroom);
 
diff --git a/net/nfc/core.c b/net/nfc/core.c
index eb3cecf1764e..334954a1d6e8 100644
--- a/net/nfc/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/core.c
@@ -832,7 +832,6 @@ struct nfc_dev *nfc_get_device(unsigned int idx)
  */
 struct nfc_dev *nfc_allocate_device(struct nfc_ops *ops,
 				    u32 supported_protocols,
-				    u32 supported_se,
 				    int tx_headroom, int tx_tailroom)
 {
 	struct nfc_dev *dev;
@@ -850,7 +849,6 @@ struct nfc_dev *nfc_allocate_device(struct nfc_ops *ops,
 
 	dev->ops = ops;
 	dev->supported_protocols = supported_protocols;
-	dev->supported_se = supported_se;
 	dev->active_se = NFC_SE_NONE;
 	dev->tx_headroom = tx_headroom;
 	dev->tx_tailroom = tx_tailroom;
diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/core.c b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
index d2ef1e2ee0c6..9c8a63d341d3 100644
--- a/net/nfc/hci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ struct nfc_hci_dev *nfc_hci_allocate_device(struct nfc_hci_ops *ops,
 					    struct nfc_hci_init_data *init_data,
 					    unsigned long quirks,
 					    u32 protocols,
-					    u32 supported_se,
 					    const char *llc_name,
 					    int tx_headroom,
 					    int tx_tailroom,
@@ -834,7 +833,7 @@ struct nfc_hci_dev *nfc_hci_allocate_device(struct nfc_hci_ops *ops,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	hdev->ndev = nfc_allocate_device(&hci_nfc_ops, protocols, supported_se,
+	hdev->ndev = nfc_allocate_device(&hci_nfc_ops, protocols,
 					 tx_headroom + HCI_CMDS_HEADROOM,
 					 tx_tailroom);
 	if (!hdev->ndev) {
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 8e0dbbeee9e3..145bad15e113 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -658,7 +658,6 @@ static struct nfc_ops nci_nfc_ops = {
  */
 struct nci_dev *nci_allocate_device(struct nci_ops *ops,
 				    __u32 supported_protocols,
-				    __u32 supported_se,
 				    int tx_headroom, int tx_tailroom)
 {
 	struct nci_dev *ndev;
@@ -681,7 +680,6 @@ struct nci_dev *nci_allocate_device(struct nci_ops *ops,
 
 	ndev->nfc_dev = nfc_allocate_device(&nci_nfc_ops,
 					    supported_protocols,
-					    supported_se,
 					    tx_headroom + NCI_DATA_HDR_SIZE,
 					    tx_tailroom);
 	if (!ndev->nfc_dev)
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/spi.c b/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
index 70afc387a965..c7cf37ba7298 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ struct nci_spi_dev *nci_spi_allocate_device(struct spi_device *spi,
 		tailroom += NCI_SPI_CRC_LEN;
 
 	ndev->nci_dev = nci_allocate_device(&nci_spi_ops, supported_protocols,
-					    supported_se, NCI_SPI_HDR_LEN,
-					    tailroom);
+					    NCI_SPI_HDR_LEN, tailroom);
 	if (!ndev->nci_dev)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 1deadad9a285..fdbc662c564a 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ static int nfc_genl_send_device(struct sk_buff *msg, struct nfc_dev *dev,
 	if (nla_put_string(msg, NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_NAME, nfc_device_name(dev)) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX, dev->idx) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_PROTOCOLS, dev->supported_protocols) ||
-	    nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_SE, dev->supported_se) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(msg, NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_POWERED, dev->dev_up) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(msg, NFC_ATTR_RF_MODE, dev->rf_mode))
 		goto nla_put_failure;