diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 119f55d8b756d85b61be3fd36fc96b32ef9cde46..00bc890f166251cbee263e0174a959ddf4c8cf51 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -892,10 +892,8 @@ void linux_to_wlan(wilc_wlan_inp_t *nwi, struct wilc *nic)
 
 #ifdef WILC_SDIO
 	nwi->io_func.io_type = HIF_SDIO;
-	nwi->io_func.io_deinit = linux_sdio_deinit;
 #else
 	nwi->io_func.io_type = HIF_SPI;
-	nwi->io_func.io_deinit = linux_spi_deinit;
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
index d0b5bc3161e086609d6a182ad09c298d6e1aedd6..b43e439651b33e8fd72803dc44ccb3bc2b4373a8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct {
 	int io_type;
-	void (*io_deinit)(void *);
 } wilc_wlan_io_func_t;
 
 #define WILC_MAC_INDICATE_STATUS	0x1