diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index b631f7c59453c2a51f1ce4d65c6fec458cde51e3..db4f54c313aa21e36a5942c83be98a782ae7efba 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -123,36 +123,6 @@ void driver_remove_file(struct device_driver *drv,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_remove_file);
 
-/**
- * driver_add_kobj - add a kobject below the specified driver
- * @drv: requesting device driver
- * @kobj: kobject to add below this driver
- * @fmt: format string that names the kobject
- *
- * You really don't want to do this, this is only here due to one looney
- * iseries driver, go poke those developers if you are annoyed about
- * this...
- */
-int driver_add_kobj(struct device_driver *drv, struct kobject *kobj,
-		    const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list args;
-	char *name;
-	int ret;
-
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
-
-	if (!name)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ret = kobject_add(kobj, &drv->p->kobj, "%s", name);
-	kfree(name);
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_add_kobj);
-
 /**
  * get_driver - increment driver reference count.
  * @drv: driver.
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index b63fb393aa58a2c6ab73bab121960be022269d65..46baa1fec34c1075b62387aaaec9558d5ef0514b 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -264,10 +264,6 @@ extern int __must_check driver_create_file(struct device_driver *driver,
 extern void driver_remove_file(struct device_driver *driver,
 			       const struct driver_attribute *attr);
 
-extern int __must_check driver_add_kobj(struct device_driver *drv,
-					struct kobject *kobj,
-					const char *fmt, ...);
-
 extern int __must_check driver_for_each_device(struct device_driver *drv,
 					       struct device *start,
 					       void *data,