diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
index 9e1e62b9cf63..8cfa8c96bb13 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_acpi_stm);
  */
 static int ata_dev_get_GTF(struct ata_device *dev, struct ata_acpi_gtf **gtf)
 {
-	struct ata_port *ap = dev->link->ap;
 	acpi_status status;
 	struct acpi_buffer output;
 	union acpi_object *out_obj;
@@ -418,10 +417,6 @@ static int ata_dev_get_GTF(struct ata_device *dev, struct ata_acpi_gtf **gtf)
 	output.length = ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER;
 	output.pointer = NULL;	/* ACPI-CA sets this; save/free it later */
 
-	if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
-		ata_dev_dbg(dev, "%s: ENTER: port#: %d\n",
-			    __func__, ap->port_no);
-
 	/* _GTF has no input parameters */
 	status = acpi_evaluate_object(ata_dev_acpi_handle(dev), "_GTF", NULL,
 				      &output);
@@ -437,11 +432,9 @@ static int ata_dev_get_GTF(struct ata_device *dev, struct ata_acpi_gtf **gtf)
 	}
 
 	if (!output.length || !output.pointer) {
-		if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
-			ata_dev_dbg(dev, "%s: Run _GTF: length or ptr is NULL (0x%llx, 0x%p)\n",
-				    __func__,
-				    (unsigned long long)output.length,
-				    output.pointer);
+		ata_dev_dbg(dev, "Run _GTF: length or ptr is NULL (0x%llx, 0x%p)\n",
+			    (unsigned long long)output.length,
+			    output.pointer);
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_free;
 	}
@@ -464,9 +457,8 @@ static int ata_dev_get_GTF(struct ata_device *dev, struct ata_acpi_gtf **gtf)
 	rc = out_obj->buffer.length / REGS_PER_GTF;
 	if (gtf) {
 		*gtf = (void *)out_obj->buffer.pointer;
-		if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
-			ata_dev_dbg(dev, "%s: returning gtf=%p, gtf_count=%d\n",
-				    __func__, *gtf, rc);
+		ata_dev_dbg(dev, "returning gtf=%p, gtf_count=%d\n",
+			    *gtf, rc);
 	}
 	return rc;
 
@@ -778,9 +770,8 @@ static int ata_acpi_push_id(struct ata_device *dev)
 	struct acpi_object_list input;
 	union acpi_object in_params[1];
 
-	if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
-		ata_dev_dbg(dev, "%s: ix = %d, port#: %d\n",
-			    __func__, dev->devno, ap->port_no);
+	ata_dev_dbg(dev, "%s: ix = %d, port#: %d\n",
+		    __func__, dev->devno, ap->port_no);
 
 	/* Give the drive Identify data to the drive via the _SDD method */
 	/* _SDD: set up input parameters */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 0235f7dbdc38..c7faf71163e9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -2530,9 +2530,6 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
-		ata_dev_dbg(dev, "%s: ENTER\n", __func__);
-
 	/* set horkage */
 	dev->horkage |= ata_dev_blacklisted(dev);
 	ata_force_horkage(dev);
@@ -2580,13 +2577,12 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev)
 		return rc;
 
 	/* print device capabilities */
-	if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
-		ata_dev_dbg(dev,
-			    "%s: cfg 49:%04x 82:%04x 83:%04x 84:%04x "
-			    "85:%04x 86:%04x 87:%04x 88:%04x\n",
-			    __func__,
-			    id[49], id[82], id[83], id[84],
-			    id[85], id[86], id[87], id[88]);
+	ata_dev_dbg(dev,
+		    "%s: cfg 49:%04x 82:%04x 83:%04x 84:%04x "
+		    "85:%04x 86:%04x 87:%04x 88:%04x\n",
+		    __func__,
+		    id[49], id[82], id[83], id[84],
+		    id[85], id[86], id[87], id[88]);
 
 	/* initialize to-be-configured parameters */
 	dev->flags &= ~ATA_DFLAG_CFG_MASK;
@@ -2786,8 +2782,6 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_nosup:
-	if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
-		ata_dev_dbg(dev, "%s: EXIT, err\n", __func__);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -5332,7 +5326,7 @@ struct ata_port *ata_port_alloc(struct ata_host *host)
 
 #if defined(ATA_VERBOSE_DEBUG)
 	/* turn on all debugging levels */
-	ap->msg_enable = 0x0007;
+	ap->msg_enable = 0x0003;
 #elif defined(ATA_DEBUG)
 	ap->msg_enable = ATA_MSG_DRV | ATA_MSG_INFO;
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index d5dbeb68b2bf..01f1673f3297 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -330,10 +330,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_sff_dev_select);
 static void ata_dev_select(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device,
 			   unsigned int wait, unsigned int can_sleep)
 {
-	if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
-		ata_port_info(ap, "ata_dev_select: ENTER, device %u, wait %u\n",
-			      device, wait);
-
 	if (wait)
 		ata_wait_idle(ap);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 5a4a23d38c08..bce3b50112c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -74,12 +74,10 @@
 enum {
 	ATA_MSG_DRV	= 0x0001,
 	ATA_MSG_INFO	= 0x0002,
-	ATA_MSG_PROBE	= 0x0004,
 };
 
 #define ata_msg_drv(p)    ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_DRV)
 #define ata_msg_info(p)   ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_INFO)
-#define ata_msg_probe(p)  ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_PROBE)
 
 static inline u32 ata_msg_init(int dval, int default_msg_enable_bits)
 {
