diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/sil164_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/sil164_drv.c
index 741886b5441973b19816a229a4a317dd0c14bf2a..1bc0b5de44995dea77bcfad216a920e12b2c04d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/sil164_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/sil164_drv.c
@@ -370,12 +370,6 @@ sil164_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-sil164_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct i2c_client *
 sil164_detect_slave(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
@@ -427,7 +421,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, sil164_ids);
 static struct drm_i2c_encoder_driver sil164_driver = {
 	.i2c_driver = {
 		.probe = sil164_probe,
-		.remove = sil164_remove,
 		.driver = {
 			.name = "sil164",
 		},