diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h b/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
index 8d2e20515..3345880c1 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/nvme_tcp.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ struct nvme_tcp_pdu {
 
 	bool						has_hdgst;
 	bool						ddgst_enable;
-	uint32_t					header_digest_crc32;
 	uint32_t					data_digest_crc32;
 	uint8_t						data_digest[SPDK_NVME_TCP_DIGEST_LEN];
 
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
index ce9fc0b92..218ccaea1 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_tcp.c
@@ -460,22 +460,6 @@ pdu_data_crc32_compute(struct nvme_tcp_pdu *pdu)
 	_tcp_write_pdu(pdu);
 }
 
-static void
-header_crc32_accel_done(void *cb_arg, int status)
-{
-	struct nvme_tcp_pdu *pdu = cb_arg;
-
-	pdu->header_digest_crc32 ^= SPDK_CRC32C_XOR;
-	MAKE_DIGEST_WORD((uint8_t *)pdu->hdr.raw + pdu->hdr.common.hlen, pdu->header_digest_crc32);
-	if (spdk_unlikely(status)) {
-		SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to compute header digest on pdu=%p\n", pdu);
-		_pdu_write_done(pdu, status);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	pdu_data_crc32_compute(pdu);
-}
-
 static int
 nvme_tcp_qpair_write_pdu(struct nvme_tcp_qpair *tqpair,
 			 struct nvme_tcp_pdu *pdu,
@@ -484,27 +468,17 @@ nvme_tcp_qpair_write_pdu(struct nvme_tcp_qpair *tqpair,
 {
 	int hlen;
 	uint32_t crc32c;
-	struct nvme_tcp_poll_group *tgroup = nvme_tcp_poll_group(tqpair->qpair.poll_group);
 
 	hlen = pdu->hdr.common.hlen;
-
 	pdu->cb_fn = cb_fn;
 	pdu->cb_arg = cb_arg;
 	pdu->qpair = tqpair;
 
 	/* Header Digest */
 	if (g_nvme_tcp_hdgst[pdu->hdr.common.pdu_type] && tqpair->flags.host_hdgst_enable) {
-		if (tgroup != NULL && tgroup->group.group->accel_fn_table.submit_accel_crc32c) {
-			pdu->iov[0].iov_base = &pdu->hdr.raw;
-			pdu->iov[0].iov_len = hlen;
-			tgroup->group.group->accel_fn_table.submit_accel_crc32c(tgroup->group.group->ctx,
-					&pdu->header_digest_crc32,
-					pdu->iov, 1, 0, header_crc32_accel_done, pdu);
-			return 0;
-		} else {
-			crc32c = nvme_tcp_pdu_calc_header_digest(pdu);
-			MAKE_DIGEST_WORD((uint8_t *)pdu->hdr.raw + hlen, crc32c);
-		}
+		crc32c = nvme_tcp_pdu_calc_header_digest(pdu);
+		MAKE_DIGEST_WORD((uint8_t *)pdu->hdr.raw + hlen, crc32c);
+
 	}
 
 	pdu_data_crc32_compute(pdu);