diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index 4b01a37c836ea8be39c223f8ec551145d34f2b95..26b5e245b0747dce67fb3c8aad3ca0d5f513a194 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -1160,18 +1160,6 @@ int snd_compress_deregister(struct snd_compr *device)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_compress_deregister);
 
-static int __init snd_compress_init(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit snd_compress_exit(void)
-{
-}
-
-module_init(snd_compress_init);
-module_exit(snd_compress_exit);
-
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALSA Compressed offload framework");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@linux.intel.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");