diff --git a/net/mac80211/Kconfig b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
index 7d3b438755f01d944615ffa03e11f14895591b29..96ddb72760b9652bce8ab7e87ef5f62de6d2bffb 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/Kconfig
+++ b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
@@ -247,15 +247,3 @@ config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
 	  and show them in debugfs.
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
-
-config MAC80211_DRIVER_API_TRACER
-	bool "Driver API tracer"
-	depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
-	depends on EVENT_TRACING
-	help
-	  Say Y here to make mac80211 register with the ftrace
-	  framework for the driver API -- you can then see which
-	  driver methods it is calling and which API functions
-	  drivers are calling by looking at the trace.
-
-	  If unsure, say Y.
diff --git a/net/mac80211/Makefile b/net/mac80211/Makefile
index fdb54e61d637d74ce81c45211f7334eabdc21dce..d540c3b160f37fde53c1cbdc867291849b0d08fa 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/Makefile
+++ b/net/mac80211/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ mac80211-y := \
 	util.o \
 	wme.o \
 	event.o \
-	chan.o
+	chan.o \
+	driver-trace.o
 
 mac80211-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS) += led.o
 mac80211-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS) += \
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ mac80211-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH) += \
 
 mac80211-$(CONFIG_PM) += pm.o
 
-mac80211-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_DRIVER_API_TRACER) += driver-trace.o
 CFLAGS_driver-trace.o := -I$(src)
 
 # objects for PID algorithm
diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-trace.h b/net/mac80211/driver-trace.h
index 2af4fca553371f3c4a6a7263ade75f9f6342002a..6e9df8fd8fb8c7d04e2d834232152a0377952823 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-trace.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-trace.h
@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@
 #include <net/mac80211.h>
 #include "ieee80211_i.h"
 
-#if !defined(CONFIG_MAC80211_DRIVER_API_TRACER) || defined(__CHECKER__)
-#undef TRACE_EVENT
-#define TRACE_EVENT(name, proto, ...) \
-static inline void trace_ ## name(proto) {}
-#undef DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS
-#define DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(...)
-#undef DEFINE_EVENT
-#define DEFINE_EVENT(evt_class, name, proto, ...) \
-static inline void trace_ ## name(proto) {}
-#endif
-
 #undef TRACE_SYSTEM
 #define TRACE_SYSTEM mac80211