struct ieee80211_conf *conf = &hw->conf;
 
        mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
-       if (changed & (IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL |
-                      IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_HT)) {
+       if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL) {
                struct ieee80211_channel *curchan = hw->conf.channel;
                int pos;
 
 
                        sc->sc_ah->ah_channels[pos].chanmode =
                                ath_get_extchanmode(sc, curchan,
-                                                   conf->ht.channel_type);
+                                                   conf->channel_type);
                }
 
                ath_update_chainmask(sc, conf_is_ht(conf));
 
 }
 #define IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME (__IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME())
 
-struct ieee80211_ht_conf {
-       enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
-};
-
 /**
  * enum ieee80211_conf_changed - denotes which configuration changed
  *
  * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIOTAP: the radiotap flag changed
  * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS: the PS flag changed
  * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER: the TX power changed
- * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL: the channel changed
+ * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL: the channel/channel_type changed
  * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS: retry limits changed
- * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_HT: HT configuration changed
  */
 enum ieee80211_conf_changed {
        IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED     = BIT(0),
        IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER             = BIT(5),
        IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL           = BIT(6),
        IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS      = BIT(7),
-       IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_HT                = BIT(8),
 };
 
 /**
  * @flags: configuration flags defined above
  * @power_level: requested transmit power (in dBm)
  * @channel: the channel to tune to
- * @ht: the HT configuration for the device
+ * @channel_type: the channel (HT) type
  * @long_frame_max_tx_count: Maximum number of transmissions for a "long" frame
  *    (a frame not RTS protected), called "dot11LongRetryLimit" in 802.11,
  *    but actually means the number of transmissions not the number of retries
        u8 long_frame_max_tx_count, short_frame_max_tx_count;
 
        struct ieee80211_channel *channel;
-       struct ieee80211_ht_conf ht;
+       enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
 };
 
 /**
 static inline bool
 conf_is_ht20(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
 {
-       return conf->ht.channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
+       return conf->channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
 }
 
 static inline bool
 conf_is_ht40_minus(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
 {
-       return conf->ht.channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS;
+       return conf->channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS;
 }
 
 static inline bool
 conf_is_ht40_plus(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
 {
-       return conf->ht.channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS;
+       return conf->channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS;
 }
 
 static inline bool
 static inline bool
 conf_is_ht(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
 {
-       return conf->ht.channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
+       return conf->channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
 }
 
 #endif /* MAC80211_H */