diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/channel.yaml b/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/channel.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 627f496..0000000
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/channel.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Channel Number (must be unique) is the key
-1:
-  # ifName the ethernet device name (used in the dbus path)
-  ifName: eth0
diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
index eec3999..bb28054 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@
 SRC_URI_append = " \
 	file://occ_sensors.hardcoded.yaml \
 	file://hwmon_sensors.hardcoded.yaml \
-	file://channel.yaml \
 	"
 
 # System-specific sensors
 SRC_URI_append_witherspoon = " \
 	file://witherspoon_hwmon_sensors.hardcoded.yaml \
 	"
-
-EXTRA_OECONF_append = " \
-        CHANNEL_YAML_GEN=${WORKDIR}/channel.yaml \
-        "