diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/ak4535.c b/sound/soc/codecs/ak4535.c
index dd3380202766cf0ff8d1aec6ea9193317f458fa1..0abec0d29a964ec457e65e7f618feb4dd6bacd72 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/ak4535.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/ak4535.c
@@ -59,21 +59,6 @@ static inline unsigned int ak4535_read_reg_cache(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
 	return cache[reg];
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int ak4535_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
-	unsigned int reg)
-{
-	u8 data;
-	data = reg;
-
-	if (codec->hw_write(codec->control_data, &data, 1) != 1)
-		return -EIO;
-
-	if (codec->hw_read(codec->control_data, &data, 1) != 1)
-		return -EIO;
-
-	return data;
-};
-
 /*
  * write ak4535 register cache
  */
@@ -635,7 +620,6 @@ static int ak4535_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 #if defined(CONFIG_I2C) || defined(CONFIG_I2C_MODULE)
 	if (setup->i2c_address) {
 		codec->hw_write = (hw_write_t)i2c_master_send;
-		codec->hw_read = (hw_read_t)i2c_master_recv;
 		ret = ak4535_add_i2c_device(pdev, setup);
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/tlv320aic3x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/tlv320aic3x.c
index ab099f482487b7e642d0f3d1372e6001673b3d27..0cf401fec807a28229cd378b33110f0f28b899ae 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/tlv320aic3x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/tlv320aic3x.c
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ static int aic3x_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, unsigned int reg,
 		      u8 *value)
 {
 	*value = reg & 0xff;
-	if (codec->hw_read(codec->control_data, value, 1) != 1)
-		return -EIO;
+
+	value[0] = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(codec->control_data, value[0]);
 
 	aic3x_write_reg_cache(codec, reg, *value);
 	return 0;
@@ -1316,12 +1316,6 @@ static struct i2c_driver aic3x_i2c_driver = {
 	.id_table = aic3x_i2c_id,
 };
 
-static int aic3x_i2c_read(struct i2c_client *client, u8 *value, int len)
-{
-	value[0] = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, value[0]);
-	return (len == 1);
-}
-
 static int aic3x_add_i2c_device(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				 const struct aic3x_setup_data *setup)
 {
@@ -1394,7 +1388,6 @@ static int aic3x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 #if defined(CONFIG_I2C) || defined(CONFIG_I2C_MODULE)
 	if (setup->i2c_address) {
 		codec->hw_write = (hw_write_t) i2c_master_send;
-		codec->hw_read = (hw_read_t) aic3x_i2c_read;
 		ret = aic3x_add_i2c_device(pdev, setup);
 	}
 #else