diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_kcompat.h b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_kcompat.h
index ed85152b0534a61385af37da9faf86e8622aa178..eaec7e6a28e131eabaae19139496be79e8422ac1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_kcompat.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_kcompat.h
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@
 #ifndef __DGNC_KCOMPAT_H
 #define __DGNC_KCOMPAT_H
 
-# ifndef KERNEL_VERSION
-#  define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c)  (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))
-# endif
-
-
 #if !defined(TTY_FLIPBUF_SIZE)
 # define TTY_FLIPBUF_SIZE 512
 #endif