diff --git a/drivers/mfd/smsc-ece1099.c b/drivers/mfd/smsc-ece1099.c
index a4c0df71c8b30a40b1dd97877ab1a2cd8d536cc0..7f89e89b8a5ee1f2b03e8e7e0fc528b731bea53a 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/smsc-ece1099.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/smsc-ece1099.c
@@ -80,15 +80,6 @@ static int smsc_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int smsc_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *i2c)
-{
-	struct smsc *smsc = i2c_get_clientdata(i2c);
-
-	mfd_remove_devices(smsc->dev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct i2c_device_id smsc_i2c_id[] = {
 	{ "smscece1099", 0},
 	{},
@@ -100,7 +91,6 @@ static struct i2c_driver smsc_i2c_driver = {
 		   .name = "smsc",
 	},
 	.probe = smsc_i2c_probe,
-	.remove = smsc_i2c_remove,
 	.id_table = smsc_i2c_id,
 };