diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index 555efa1da676617a4a8b8f49a0e0d1d0442550f1..a2055017dba219248fd72c007f5d8da375c0f84c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <wlan_bssdef.h>
 
 u8 RTW_WPA_OUI_TYPE[] = { 0x00, 0x50, 0xf2, 1 };
-u16 RTW_WPA_VERSION = 1;
 u8 WPA_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_NONE[] = { 0x00, 0x50, 0xf2, 0 };
 u8 WPA_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_UNSPEC_802_1X[] = { 0x00, 0x50, 0xf2, 1 };
 u8 WPA_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_PSK_OVER_802_1X[] = { 0x00, 0x50, 0xf2, 2 };
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h
index 3299571e339f891b781cc04071ec50a8919bcbf2..8fd35dcdbb94b28fb387c260ea4df4f6f090938e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ enum {
 
 #define WPA_SELECTOR_LEN 4
 extern u8 RTW_WPA_OUI_TYPE[];
-extern u16 RTW_WPA_VERSION;
 extern u8 WPA_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_NONE[];
 extern u8 WPA_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_UNSPEC_802_1X[];
 extern u8 WPA_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_PSK_OVER_802_1X[];