diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
index 1c0a39d8b04e5de9474cf2b0ec967a8633fca3fe..578b99b71d9ce12556fe398bf5dfb196e8739f27 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ struct dock_dependent_device {
 };
 
 #define DOCK_DOCKING	0x00000001
-#define DOCK_EVENT	KOBJ_DOCK
-#define UNDOCK_EVENT	KOBJ_UNDOCK
+#define DOCK_EVENT	3
+#define UNDOCK_EVENT	2
 
 static struct dock_station *dock_station;
 
@@ -322,11 +322,10 @@ static void hotplug_dock_devices(struct dock_station *ds, u32 event)
 
 static void dock_event(struct dock_station *ds, u32 event, int num)
 {
-	struct acpi_device *device;
-
-	device = dock_create_acpi_device(ds->handle);
-	if (device)
-		kobject_uevent(&device->kobj, num);
+	/*
+	 * we don't do events until someone tells me that
+	 * they would like to have them.
+	 */
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 0503b2ed8bae8ae4e2fb89f01df052e5cebe3497..2d229327959ed9809042af03c8fdb917913e000e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ enum kobject_action {
 	KOBJ_UMOUNT	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x05,	/* umount event for block devices (broken) */
 	KOBJ_OFFLINE	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x06,	/* device offline */
 	KOBJ_ONLINE	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x07,	/* device online */
-	KOBJ_UNDOCK	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x08, 	/* undocking */
-	KOBJ_DOCK	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x09,	/* dock */
 };
 
 struct kobject {
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 2b1530fc573bfaa4af0c7288eba1fce7af51513f..7f20e7b857cb559b7624d89ca4c52bbf86bc1b65 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ static char *action_to_string(enum kobject_action action)
 		return "offline";
 	case KOBJ_ONLINE:
 		return "online";
-	case KOBJ_DOCK:
-		return "dock";
-	case KOBJ_UNDOCK:
-		return "undock";
 	default:
 		return NULL;
 	}