diff --git a/drivers/block/DAC960.c b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
index 8066d086578a7124a4873bb8376389dc9a010be9..e086fbbbe853ed1d083e368092a9b71b59ec2b8a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/DAC960.c
+++ b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
@@ -2547,7 +2547,6 @@ static bool DAC960_RegisterBlockDevice(DAC960_Controller_T *Controller)
 	disk->major = MajorNumber;
 	disk->first_minor = n << DAC960_MaxPartitionsBits;
 	disk->fops = &DAC960_BlockDeviceOperations;
-	disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
    }
   /*
     Indicate the Block Device Registration completed successfully,
diff --git a/drivers/block/amiflop.c b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
index 456c0cc90dcfd58d87de3d34ace5dda354795112..8eba86bba5992ec2b546559c96f7a848e0c2c4e4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/amiflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,6 @@ static int __init fd_probe_drives(void)
 		disk->major = FLOPPY_MAJOR;
 		disk->first_minor = drive;
 		disk->fops = &floppy_fops;
-		disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 		sprintf(disk->disk_name, "fd%d", drive);
 		disk->private_data = &unit[drive];
 		set_capacity(disk, 880*2);
diff --git a/drivers/block/ataflop.c b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
index c871eae14120423f2cd618742730a6f6b51edeb3..ede16c64ff07dbb524cdf84ba8e3622d9efe306b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ataflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
@@ -1964,7 +1964,6 @@ static int __init atari_floppy_init (void)
 		unit[i].disk->first_minor = i;
 		sprintf(unit[i].disk->disk_name, "fd%d", i);
 		unit[i].disk->fops = &floppy_fops;
-		unit[i].disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 		unit[i].disk->private_data = &unit[i];
 		unit[i].disk->queue = blk_init_queue(do_fd_request,
 					&ataflop_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 301d7a9a41a6b51be0ae02f6ca92b2fb063316a7..db8f88586c8d3b2d97dbc910835a0de846ac1fd1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -4205,7 +4205,6 @@ static int __init floppy_init(void)
 		disks[dr]->major = FLOPPY_MAJOR;
 		disks[dr]->first_minor = TOMINOR(dr);
 		disks[dr]->fops = &floppy_fops;
-		disks[dr]->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 		sprintf(disks[dr]->disk_name, "fd%d", dr);
 
 		init_timer(&motor_off_timer[dr]);
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
index 2f2ccf6862519c4bb44493ccab140cbbdab37a93..8690e31d993287e16a68caca0e2125c0c7e6bdb0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ static void pcd_init_units(void)
 		disk->first_minor = unit;
 		strcpy(disk->disk_name, cd->name);	/* umm... */
 		disk->fops = &pcd_bdops;
-		disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
index 21dfdb7768695cfe8d9517dc59f4cf7a5b1df279..869e7676d46f47abcb1ffe1812efd3316d234f74 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
@@ -837,7 +837,6 @@ static void pd_probe_drive(struct pd_unit *disk)
 	p->fops = &pd_fops;
 	p->major = major;
 	p->first_minor = (disk - pd) << PD_BITS;
-	p->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	disk->gd = p;
 	p->private_data = disk;
 	p->queue = pd_queue;
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pf.c b/drivers/block/paride/pf.c
index 7adeb1edbf43faf02b5f68f79d93f6d839baa9e4..f21b520ef4195228713d34c2f2157ce1b928e37d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pf.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pf.c
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ static void __init pf_init_units(void)
 		disk->first_minor = unit;
 		strcpy(disk->disk_name, pf->name);
 		disk->fops = &pf_fops;
-		disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 		if (!(*drives[unit])[D_PRT])
 			pf_drive_count++;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim.c b/drivers/block/swim.c
index 24a482f2fbd60fcfd0917374bd6197a76d6ddf85..fd5adcd55944ac3a9384f86bbe3d7507df0f9964 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim.c
@@ -858,7 +858,6 @@ static int __devinit swim_floppy_init(struct swim_priv *swd)
 		swd->unit[drive].disk->first_minor = drive;
 		sprintf(swd->unit[drive].disk->disk_name, "fd%d", drive);
 		swd->unit[drive].disk->fops = &floppy_fops;
-		swd->unit[drive].disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 		swd->unit[drive].disk->private_data = &swd->unit[drive];
 		swd->unit[drive].disk->queue = swd->queue;
 		set_capacity(swd->unit[drive].disk, 2880);
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim3.c b/drivers/block/swim3.c
index 4c10f56facbff8b5c0e56615c0ebc79a1179903f..773bfa7927775396f80c004b4d6551c485efe4c6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim3.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim3.c
@@ -1163,7 +1163,6 @@ static int __devinit swim3_attach(struct macio_dev *mdev, const struct of_device
 	disk->major = FLOPPY_MAJOR;
 	disk->first_minor = i;
 	disk->fops = &floppy_fops;
-	disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	disk->private_data = &floppy_states[i];
 	disk->queue = swim3_queue;
 	disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c
index 68b9430c7cfe56f7f23330cb152b103aef3098b9..0e376d46bdd1d6f73a61583882eec6faa654a832 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ub.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ub.c
@@ -2334,7 +2334,6 @@ static int ub_probe_lun(struct ub_dev *sc, int lnum)
 	disk->major = UB_MAJOR;
 	disk->first_minor = lun->id * UB_PARTS_PER_LUN;
 	disk->fops = &ub_bd_fops;
-	disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	disk->private_data = lun;
 	disk->driverfs_dev = &sc->intf->dev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/xsysace.c b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
index 645ff765cd129cbb3046e57ea477e4b387205d45..6c7fd7db6dffc9e8cb287d30be803c8c59d0d770 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xsysace.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,6 @@ static int __devinit ace_setup(struct ace_device *ace)
 	ace->gd->major = ace_major;
 	ace->gd->first_minor = ace->id * ACE_NUM_MINORS;
 	ace->gd->fops = &ace_fops;
-	ace->gd->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	ace->gd->queue = ace->queue;
 	ace->gd->private_data = ace;
 	snprintf(ace->gd->disk_name, 32, "xs%c", ace->id + 'a');
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
index b2b034fea34e6b8eabf7054928e34bc4d6fc0e17..3ceaf006e7f080fabc94848e9fc3b53f3dd59f0a 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
@@ -803,7 +803,6 @@ static int __devinit probe_gdrom(struct platform_device *devptr)
 		goto probe_fail_cdrom_register;
 	}
 	gd.disk->fops = &gdrom_bdops;
-	gd.disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	/* latch on to the interrupt */
 	err = gdrom_set_interrupt_handlers();
 	if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
index 4e874c5fa60595036a7e10b26257384715b06b56..e427fbe459994a8491945a65fd085201f40ed01f 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
@@ -626,7 +626,6 @@ static int viocd_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	gendisk->queue = q;
 	gendisk->fops = &viocd_fops;
 	gendisk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD|GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
-	gendisk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	set_capacity(gendisk, 0);
 	gendisk->private_data = d;
 	d->viocd_disk = gendisk;
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index 643ad52e3ca2fe49399a6de0682a495789c32dde..4796bbf0ae4e5b4fdd1476ac8e6cd4e9e43ec6c5 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,6 @@ static struct i2o_block_device *i2o_block_device_alloc(void)
 	gd->major = I2O_MAJOR;
 	gd->queue = queue;
 	gd->fops = &i2o_block_fops;
-	gd->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	gd->private_data = dev;
 
 	dev->gd = gd;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
index 83cea9a55e2f8c10df077710a66f23760a7431e6..1b3924c2fffd9b87cdaede8204ffab3cbbe7d129 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ tapeblock_setup_device(struct tape_device * device)
 	disk->major = tapeblock_major;
 	disk->first_minor = device->first_minor;
 	disk->fops = &tapeblock_fops;
-	disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	disk->private_data = tape_get_device(device);
 	disk->queue = blkdat->request_queue;
 	set_capacity(disk, 0);