diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
index 0ac546d5e53f5b0f079792c71419dd07001fe892..b80e06e0b2d9af965ee453901fb13370e6eda3ca 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
@@ -65,44 +65,12 @@ static struct acpi_scan_handler pci_root_handler = {
 	.detach = acpi_pci_root_remove,
 };
 
-/* Lock to protect both acpi_pci_roots and acpi_pci_drivers lists */
+/* Lock to protect both acpi_pci_roots lists */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(acpi_pci_root_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(acpi_pci_roots);
-static LIST_HEAD(acpi_pci_drivers);
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(osc_lock);
 
-int acpi_pci_register_driver(struct acpi_pci_driver *driver)
-{
-	int n = 0;
-	struct acpi_pci_root *root;
-
-	mutex_lock(&acpi_pci_root_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&driver->node, &acpi_pci_drivers);
-	if (driver->add)
-		list_for_each_entry(root, &acpi_pci_roots, node) {
-			driver->add(root);
-			n++;
-		}
-	mutex_unlock(&acpi_pci_root_lock);
-
-	return n;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_pci_register_driver);
-
-void acpi_pci_unregister_driver(struct acpi_pci_driver *driver)
-{
-	struct acpi_pci_root *root;
-
-	mutex_lock(&acpi_pci_root_lock);
-	list_del(&driver->node);
-	if (driver->remove)
-		list_for_each_entry(root, &acpi_pci_roots, node)
-			driver->remove(root);
-	mutex_unlock(&acpi_pci_root_lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_pci_unregister_driver);
-
 /**
  * acpi_is_root_bridge - determine whether an ACPI CA node is a PCI root bridge
  * @handle - the ACPI CA node in question.
@@ -413,7 +381,6 @@ static int acpi_pci_root_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	acpi_status status;
 	int result;
 	struct acpi_pci_root *root;
-	struct acpi_pci_driver *driver;
 	u32 flags, base_flags;
 	bool is_osc_granted = false;
 
@@ -573,12 +540,6 @@ static int acpi_pci_root_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 		pci_assign_unassigned_bus_resources(root->bus);
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&acpi_pci_root_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(driver, &acpi_pci_drivers, node)
-		if (driver->add)
-			driver->add(root);
-	mutex_unlock(&acpi_pci_root_lock);
-
 	/* need to after hot-added ioapic is registered */
 	if (system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
 		pci_enable_bridges(root->bus);
@@ -599,16 +560,9 @@ static int acpi_pci_root_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 static void acpi_pci_root_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
 {
 	struct acpi_pci_root *root = acpi_driver_data(device);
-	struct acpi_pci_driver *driver;
 
 	pci_stop_root_bus(root->bus);
 
-	mutex_lock(&acpi_pci_root_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_reverse(driver, &acpi_pci_drivers, node)
-		if (driver->remove)
-			driver->remove(root);
-	mutex_unlock(&acpi_pci_root_lock);
-
 	device_set_run_wake(root->bus->bridge, false);
 	pci_acpi_remove_bus_pm_notifier(device);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index bcbdd7484e581404d54be807c034fced32ba45c2..03053aca5b326c07d56f0022336fc9fc49927653 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -152,15 +152,6 @@ void acpi_penalize_isa_irq(int irq, int active);
 
 void acpi_pci_irq_disable (struct pci_dev *dev);
 
-struct acpi_pci_driver {
-	struct list_head node;
-	int (*add)(struct acpi_pci_root *root);
-	void (*remove)(struct acpi_pci_root *root);
-};
-
-int acpi_pci_register_driver(struct acpi_pci_driver *driver);
-void acpi_pci_unregister_driver(struct acpi_pci_driver *driver);
-
 extern int ec_read(u8 addr, u8 *val);
 extern int ec_write(u8 addr, u8 val);
 extern int ec_transaction(u8 command,