diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ark3116.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ark3116.c
index 07956e4f494f8fc41c2f52e3a23d033662383a2b..d154501867a390fee7e3bbceaa19d980300c329f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ark3116.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ark3116.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
-static bool debug;
 /*
  * Version information
  */
@@ -749,9 +748,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
 
-module_param(debug, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Enable debug");
-
 /*
  * The following describes what I learned from studying the old
  * ark3116.c driver, disassembling the windows driver, and some lucky