diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.c b/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.c
index cdf61dd0731837fb0acf62fc6cd44f0a199ef38f..4d9935f58ad5c190a6a3e82d1b735572c960a336 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 #include <linux/usb/serial.h>
 
-static bool debug;
-
 /*
  * Version Information
  */
@@ -134,6 +132,3 @@ module_usb_serial_driver(serial_drivers, id_table);
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
-module_param(debug, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug enabled or not");