diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
index 3de40cfa5f3b..003576d80447 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ int _rtw_init_xmit_priv23a(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv,
 
 	spin_lock_init(&pxmitpriv->lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&pxmitpriv->lock_sctx);
-	sema_init(&pxmitpriv->xmit_sema, 0);
-	sema_init(&pxmitpriv->terminate_xmitthread_sema, 0);
 
 	pxmitpriv->adapter = padapter;
 
@@ -177,8 +175,6 @@ int _rtw_init_xmit_priv23a(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv,
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i ++)
 		pxmitpriv->wmm_para_seq[i] = i;
 
-	sema_init(&pxmitpriv->tx_retevt, 0);
-
 	pxmitpriv->ack_tx = false;
 	mutex_init(&pxmitpriv->ack_tx_mutex);
 	rtw_sctx_init23a(&pxmitpriv->ack_tx_ops, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/osdep_service.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/osdep_service.h
index 98250b12e9f2..33ecb9cf4761 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/osdep_service.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/osdep_service.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
-#include <linux/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/sem.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
index c8119e2c6545..d875e9eddecc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_io.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <osdep_intf.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
-#include <linux/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 /* include <linux/smp_lock.h> */
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ struct io_req {
 	u32	command;
 	u32	status;
 	u8	*pbuf;
-	struct semaphore	sema;
 
 	void (*_async_io_callback)(struct rtw_adapter *padater, struct io_req *pio_req, u8 *cnxt);
 	u8 *cnxt;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
index 2b7d6d08238b..24f326b6bf8c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
@@ -275,9 +275,6 @@ struct agg_pkt_info {
 struct	xmit_priv {
 	spinlock_t	lock;
 
-	struct semaphore	xmit_sema;
-	struct semaphore	terminate_xmitthread_sema;
-
 	struct rtw_queue	be_pending;
 	struct rtw_queue	bk_pending;
 	struct rtw_queue	vi_pending;
@@ -310,8 +307,6 @@ struct	xmit_priv {
 				 * 2->be, 3->bk.
 				 */
 
-	struct semaphore	tx_retevt;/* all tx return event; */
-
 	struct tasklet_struct xmit_tasklet;
 
 	struct rtw_queue free_xmitbuf_queue;