diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/core.h b/include/linux/mfd/core.h
index 68c13e52a50c7633ab22959361e2b7e10a8cfa41..4e76163dd8624dec3dba23b7bdebb32ce8ad2d11 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/core.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/core.h
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ struct mfd_cell {
 	int			(*suspend)(struct platform_device *dev);
 	int			(*resume)(struct platform_device *dev);
 
-	/* mfd_data can be used to pass data to client drivers */
-	void			*mfd_data;
-
 	/* platform data passed to the sub devices drivers */
 	void			*platform_data;
 	size_t			pdata_size;
@@ -93,24 +90,6 @@ static inline const struct mfd_cell *mfd_get_cell(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return pdev->mfd_cell;
 }
 
-/*
- * Given a platform device that's been created by mfd_add_devices(), fetch
- * the .mfd_data entry from the mfd_cell that created it.
- * Otherwise just return the platform_data pointer.
- * This maintains compatibility with platform drivers whose devices aren't
- * created by the mfd layer, and expect platform_data to contain what would've
- * otherwise been in mfd_data.
- */
-static inline void *mfd_get_data(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	const struct mfd_cell *cell = mfd_get_cell(pdev);
-
-	if (cell)
-		return cell->mfd_data;
-	else
-		return pdev->dev.platform_data;
-}
-
 extern int mfd_add_devices(struct device *parent, int id,
 			   struct mfd_cell *cells, int n_devs,
 			   struct resource *mem_base,