diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
index 6089baea72ab94f1284526e3bf3d4fe9b791562a..91723802dffd8c3bdab0ac623bbefd78b28860d1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ void rtw_os_xmit_resource_free(struct adapter *padapter,
 
 void rtw_os_pkt_complete(struct adapter *padapter, struct sk_buff *pkt)
 {
-#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 35))
 	u16	queue;
 	struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv = &padapter->xmitpriv;
 
@@ -126,10 +125,6 @@ void rtw_os_pkt_complete(struct adapter *padapter, struct sk_buff *pkt)
 		if (__netif_subqueue_stopped(padapter->pnetdev, queue))
 			netif_wake_subqueue(padapter->pnetdev, queue);
 	}
-#else
-	if (netif_queue_stopped(padapter->pnetdev))
-		netif_wake_queue(padapter->pnetdev);
-#endif
 
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(pkt);
 }