diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 19ccadead5e83bce5dbdb815b0e4532d57372cd6..9d3150f549fe90933818e329a6e57fdac9290a96 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -1942,9 +1942,6 @@ static struct block_device_operations idecd_ops = {
 };
 
 /* module options */
-static char *ignore;
-module_param(ignore, charp, 0400);
-
 static unsigned long debug_mask;
 module_param(debug_mask, ulong, 0644);
 
@@ -1965,15 +1962,6 @@ static int ide_cd_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	if (drive->media != ide_cdrom && drive->media != ide_optical)
 		goto failed;
 
-	/* skip drives that we were told to ignore */
-	if (ignore != NULL) {
-		if (strstr(ignore, drive->name)) {
-			printk(KERN_INFO PFX "ignoring drive %s\n",
-					 drive->name);
-			goto failed;
-		}
-	}
-
 	drive->debug_mask = debug_mask;
 	drive->irq_handler = cdrom_newpc_intr;