diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
index 794bc4fa4937126314bc745aae218e7e2aabc903..00efe24a60633527aa1e9847234612ebbdb3edb4 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
@@ -24,28 +24,19 @@ static dev_t rtc_devt;
 
 static int rtc_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	int err;
 	struct rtc_device *rtc = container_of(inode->i_cdev,
 					struct rtc_device, char_dev);
-	const struct rtc_class_ops *ops = rtc->ops;
 
 	if (test_and_set_bit_lock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	file->private_data = rtc;
 
-	err = ops->open ? ops->open(rtc->dev.parent) : 0;
-	if (err == 0) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&rtc->irq_lock);
-		rtc->irq_data = 0;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&rtc->irq_lock);
-
-		return 0;
-	}
+	spin_lock_irq(&rtc->irq_lock);
+	rtc->irq_data = 0;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&rtc->irq_lock);
 
-	/* something has gone wrong */
-	clear_bit_unlock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags);
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL
@@ -438,9 +429,6 @@ static int rtc_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 0);
 	rtc_irq_set_state(rtc, NULL, 0);
 
-	if (rtc->ops->release)
-		rtc->ops->release(rtc->dev.parent);
-
 	clear_bit_unlock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h
index 0a0f0d14a5fba5582ab8c86ba1dc3a726b9881a0..e6d0f9c1cafd818285e691e40fc156cedb51639a 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtc.h
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ extern struct class *rtc_class;
  * issued through ioctl() ...
  */
 struct rtc_class_ops {
-	int (*open)(struct device *);
-	void (*release)(struct device *);
 	int (*ioctl)(struct device *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 	int (*read_time)(struct device *, struct rtc_time *);
 	int (*set_time)(struct device *, struct rtc_time *);