diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
index be689f6e10c8..a1ccd95da8bb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
@@ -1312,22 +1312,8 @@ struct snd_soc_acpi_mach *hda_machine_select(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 		/* report to machine driver if any DMICs are found */
 		mach->mach_params.dmic_num = check_dmic_num(sdev);
 
-		if (sdw_mach_found) {
-			/*
-			 * DMICs use up to 4 pins and are typically pin-muxed with SoundWire
-			 * link 2 and 3, or link 1 and 2, thus we only try to enable dmics
-			 * if all conditions are true:
-			 * a) 2 or fewer links are used by SoundWire
-			 * b) the NHLT table reports the presence of microphones
-			 */
-			if (hweight_long(mach->link_mask) <= 2)
-				dmic_fixup = true;
-			else
-				mach->mach_params.dmic_num = 0;
-		} else {
-			if (mach->tplg_quirk_mask & SND_SOC_ACPI_TPLG_INTEL_DMIC_NUMBER)
-				dmic_fixup = true;
-		}
+		if (sdw_mach_found || mach->tplg_quirk_mask & SND_SOC_ACPI_TPLG_INTEL_DMIC_NUMBER)
+			dmic_fixup = true;
 
 		if (tplg_fixup &&
 		    dmic_fixup &&