diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-generic.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-generic.c
index 06279ce6bff26aeaa27764621af7fc8930bc244c..9b6725ebbfb2bfbd31b44208b73e165ab0351172 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-generic.c
@@ -48,17 +48,11 @@ static int __init generic_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __exit generic_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct platform_driver generic_rtc_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "rtc-generic",
 		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
-	.remove = __exit_p(generic_rtc_remove),
 };
 
 module_platform_driver_probe(generic_rtc_driver, generic_rtc_probe);