diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/en.h b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/en.h
index f59902be226..768f5818822 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/en.h
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/en.h
@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@
 #include <sys/kthread.h>
 #include <sys/counter.h>
 
-#ifdef	RSS
 #include <net/rss_config.h>
 #include <netinet/in_rss.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <machine/bus.h>
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
index 4658bebb784..daa98752c59 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
@@ -2915,24 +2915,7 @@ mlx5e_deactivate_rqt(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 static void
 mlx5e_get_rss_key(void *key_ptr)
 {
-#ifdef RSS
 	rss_getkey(key_ptr);
-#else
-	static const u32 rsskey[] = {
-	    cpu_to_be32(0xD181C62C),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0xF7F4DB5B),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0x1983A2FC),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0x943E1ADB),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0xD9389E6B),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0xD1039C2C),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0xA74499AD),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0x593D56D9),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0xF3253C06),
-	    cpu_to_be32(0x2ADC1FFC),
-	};
-	CTASSERT(sizeof(rsskey) == MLX5E_RSS_KEY_SIZE);
-	memcpy(key_ptr, rsskey, MLX5E_RSS_KEY_SIZE);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void
@@ -3044,15 +3027,12 @@ mlx5e_build_tir_ctx(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u32 * tirc, int tt, bool inner_vxla
 
 	CTASSERT(MLX5_FLD_SZ_BYTES(tirc, rx_hash_toeplitz_key) >=
 		 MLX5E_RSS_KEY_SIZE);
-#ifdef RSS
+
 	/*
 	 * The FreeBSD RSS implementation does currently not
 	 * support symmetric Toeplitz hashes:
 	 */
 	MLX5_SET(tirc, tirc, rx_hash_symmetric, 0);
-#else
-	MLX5_SET(tirc, tirc, rx_hash_symmetric, 1);
-#endif
 	mlx5e_get_rss_key(hkey);
 
 	switch (tt) {
@@ -3061,12 +3041,10 @@ mlx5e_build_tir_ctx(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u32 * tirc, int tt, bool inner_vxla
 		    MLX5_L3_PROT_TYPE_IPV4);
 		MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, l4_prot_type,
 		    MLX5_L4_PROT_TYPE_TCP);
-#ifdef RSS
 		if (!(rss_gethashconfig() & RSS_HASHTYPE_RSS_TCP_IPV4)) {
 			MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, selected_fields,
 			    MLX5_HASH_IP);
 		} else
-#endif
 		MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, selected_fields,
 		    MLX5_HASH_ALL);
 		break;
@@ -3076,12 +3054,10 @@ mlx5e_build_tir_ctx(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u32 * tirc, int tt, bool inner_vxla
 		    MLX5_L3_PROT_TYPE_IPV6);
 		MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, l4_prot_type,
 		    MLX5_L4_PROT_TYPE_TCP);
-#ifdef RSS
 		if (!(rss_gethashconfig() & RSS_HASHTYPE_RSS_TCP_IPV6)) {
 			MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, selected_fields,
 			    MLX5_HASH_IP);
 		} else
-#endif
 		MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, selected_fields,
 		    MLX5_HASH_ALL);
 		break;
@@ -3091,12 +3067,10 @@ mlx5e_build_tir_ctx(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u32 * tirc, int tt, bool inner_vxla
 		    MLX5_L3_PROT_TYPE_IPV4);
 		MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, l4_prot_type,
 		    MLX5_L4_PROT_TYPE_UDP);
-#ifdef RSS
 		if (!(rss_gethashconfig() & RSS_HASHTYPE_RSS_UDP_IPV4)) {
 			MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, selected_fields,
 			    MLX5_HASH_IP);
 		} else
-#endif
 		MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, selected_fields,
 		    MLX5_HASH_ALL);
 		break;
@@ -3106,12 +3080,10 @@ mlx5e_build_tir_ctx(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u32 * tirc, int tt, bool inner_vxla
 		    MLX5_L3_PROT_TYPE_IPV6);
 		MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, l4_prot_type,
 		    MLX5_L4_PROT_TYPE_UDP);
-#ifdef RSS
 		if (!(rss_gethashconfig() & RSS_HASHTYPE_RSS_UDP_IPV6)) {
 			MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, selected_fields,
 			    MLX5_HASH_IP);
 		} else
-#endif
 		MLX5_SET(rx_hash_field_select, hfs, selected_fields,
 		    MLX5_HASH_ALL);
 		break;
diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_rx.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_rx.c
index eb569488631..262558d529d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_rx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_rx.c
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ mlx5e_build_rx_mbuf(struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe, struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 	/* check if a Toeplitz hash was computed */
 	if (cqe->rss_hash_type != 0) {
 		mb->m_pkthdr.flowid = be32_to_cpu(cqe->rss_hash_result);
-#ifdef RSS
 		/* decode the RSS hash type */
 		switch (cqe->rss_hash_type &
 		    (CQE_RSS_DST_HTYPE_L4 | CQE_RSS_DST_HTYPE_IP)) {
@@ -386,9 +385,6 @@ mlx5e_build_rx_mbuf(struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe, struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 			M_HASHTYPE_SET(mb, M_HASHTYPE_OPAQUE_HASH);
 			break;
 		}
-#else
-		M_HASHTYPE_SET(mb, M_HASHTYPE_OPAQUE_HASH);
-#endif
 #ifdef M_HASHTYPE_SETINNER
 		if (cqe_is_tunneled(cqe))
 			M_HASHTYPE_SETINNER(mb);