diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 040caa0d0d0bee2a1a796a1284cd702955426b41..6e1ef99fc856353cfeadff38f3e7091308bdfd0e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -31,40 +31,6 @@
 #include "linux_wlan_spi.h"
 #endif
 
- #define _linux_wlan_device_power_on()		{}
- #define _linux_wlan_device_power_off()		{}
-
- #define _linux_wlan_device_detection()		{}
- #define _linux_wlan_device_removal()		{}
-
-static int linux_wlan_device_power(int on_off)
-{
-	PRINT_D(INIT_DBG, "linux_wlan_device_power.. (%d)\n", on_off);
-
-	if (on_off) {
-		_linux_wlan_device_power_on();
-	} else {
-		_linux_wlan_device_power_off();
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int linux_wlan_device_detection(int on_off)
-{
-	PRINT_D(INIT_DBG, "linux_wlan_device_detection.. (%d)\n", on_off);
-
-#ifdef WILC_SDIO
-	if (on_off) {
-		_linux_wlan_device_detection();
-	} else {
-		_linux_wlan_device_removal();
-	}
-#endif
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int dev_state_ev_handler(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr);
 
 static struct notifier_block g_dev_notifier = {
@@ -1476,8 +1442,6 @@ void wl_wlan_cleanup(struct wilc *wilc)
 #if defined(WILC_DEBUGFS)
 	wilc_debugfs_remove();
 #endif
-	linux_wlan_device_detection(0);
-	linux_wlan_device_power(0);
 }
 
 int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc)
@@ -1579,10 +1543,6 @@ static int __init init_wilc_driver(void)
 	printk("IN INIT FUNCTION\n");
 	printk("*** WILC1000 driver VERSION=[10.2] FW_VER=[10.2] ***\n");
 
-	linux_wlan_device_power(1);
-	msleep(100);
-	linux_wlan_device_detection(1);
-
 #ifdef WILC_SDIO
 	{
 		int ret;