diff --git a/include/linux/dsa/8021q.h b/include/linux/dsa/8021q.h
index 0aa803c451a3995da0ce889c109c0801c2150c14..c620d9139c2853a710d18dafb0b798fa93cd2f12 100644
--- a/include/linux/dsa/8021q.h
+++ b/include/linux/dsa/8021q.h
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ int dsa_8021q_rx_switch_id(u16 vid);
 
 int dsa_8021q_rx_source_port(u16 vid);
 
-struct sk_buff *dsa_8021q_remove_header(struct sk_buff *skb);
-
 #else
 
 int dsa_port_setup_8021q_tagging(struct dsa_switch *ds, int index,
@@ -64,11 +62,6 @@ int dsa_8021q_rx_source_port(u16 vid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct sk_buff *dsa_8021q_remove_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 #endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_8021Q) */
 
 #endif /* _NET_DSA_8021Q_H */
diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_8021q.c b/net/dsa/tag_8021q.c
index 2fb6c26294b50ea4890225608e94c9ced0ecec3d..b97ad93d1c1a39e726b1a703669696d87a180b3e 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_8021q.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_8021q.c
@@ -298,47 +298,4 @@ struct sk_buff *dsa_8021q_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dsa_8021q_xmit);
 
-/* In the DSA packet_type handler, skb->data points in the middle of the VLAN
- * tag, after tpid and before tci. This is because so far, ETH_HLEN
- * (DMAC, SMAC, EtherType) bytes were pulled.
- * There are 2 bytes of VLAN tag left in skb->data, and upper
- * layers expect the 'real' EtherType to be consumed as well.
- * Coincidentally, a VLAN header is also of the same size as
- * the number of bytes that need to be pulled.
- *
- * skb_mac_header                                      skb->data
- * |                                                       |
- * v                                                       v
- * |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
- * +-----------------------+-----------------------+-------+-------+-------+
- * |    Destination MAC    |      Source MAC       |  TPID |  TCI  | EType |
- * +-----------------------+-----------------------+-------+-------+-------+
- * ^                                               |               |
- * |<--VLAN_HLEN-->to                              <---VLAN_HLEN--->
- * from            |
- *       >>>>>>>   v
- *       >>>>>>>   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
- *       >>>>>>>   +-----------------------+-----------------------+-------+
- *       >>>>>>>   |    Destination MAC    |      Source MAC       | EType |
- *                 +-----------------------+-----------------------+-------+
- *                 ^                                                       ^
- * (now part of    |                                                       |
- *  skb->head)     skb_mac_header                                  skb->data
- */
-struct sk_buff *dsa_8021q_remove_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	u8 *from = skb_mac_header(skb);
-	u8 *dest = from + VLAN_HLEN;
-
-	memmove(dest, from, ETH_HLEN - VLAN_HLEN);
-	skb_pull(skb, VLAN_HLEN);
-	skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-	skb_reset_mac_len(skb);
-	skb_pull_rcsum(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-
-	return skb;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dsa_8021q_remove_header);
-
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_sja1105.c b/net/dsa/tag_sja1105.c
index 5366ea43034990ec7794f3e73b6172f993c93c60..d553bf36bd412964382794e6d64818d5e39906a0 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_sja1105.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_sja1105.c
@@ -250,14 +250,14 @@ static struct sk_buff *sja1105_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct sja1105_meta meta = {0};
 	int source_port, switch_id;
-	struct vlan_ethhdr *hdr;
+	struct ethhdr *hdr;
 	u16 tpid, vid, tci;
 	bool is_link_local;
 	bool is_tagged;
 	bool is_meta;
 
-	hdr = vlan_eth_hdr(skb);
-	tpid = ntohs(hdr->h_vlan_proto);
+	hdr = eth_hdr(skb);
+	tpid = ntohs(hdr->h_proto);
 	is_tagged = (tpid == ETH_P_SJA1105);
 	is_link_local = sja1105_is_link_local(skb);
 	is_meta = sja1105_is_meta_frame(skb);
@@ -266,7 +266,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *sja1105_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (is_tagged) {
 		/* Normal traffic path. */
-		tci = ntohs(hdr->h_vlan_TCI);
+		skb_push_rcsum(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+		__skb_vlan_pop(skb, &tci);
+		skb_pull_rcsum(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+		skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+		skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
+
 		vid = tci & VLAN_VID_MASK;
 		source_port = dsa_8021q_rx_source_port(vid);
 		switch_id = dsa_8021q_rx_switch_id(vid);
@@ -295,12 +300,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *sja1105_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Delete/overwrite fake VLAN header, DSA expects to not find
-	 * it there, see dsa_switch_rcv: skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN).
-	 */
-	if (is_tagged)
-		skb = dsa_8021q_remove_header(skb);
-
 	return sja1105_rcv_meta_state_machine(skb, &meta, is_link_local,
 					      is_meta);
 }