diff --git a/drivers/char/viotape.c b/drivers/char/viotape.c
index 11c7e9de595862a9747b6b19b18d0499e357da6b..ebc337acca15090f252f284a47dcb77bc46dfc66 100644
--- a/drivers/char/viotape.c
+++ b/drivers/char/viotape.c
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ static struct device *tape_device[VIOTAPE_MAX_TAPE];
  */
 static struct {
 	unsigned char	cur_part;
-	int		dev_handle;
 	unsigned char	part_stat_rwi[MAX_PARTITIONS];
 } state[VIOTAPE_MAX_TAPE];
 
@@ -964,7 +963,6 @@ static int viotape_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80),
 			S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, "iseries/nvt%d", i);
 	sprintf(tapename, "iseries/vt%d", i);
-	state[i].dev_handle = devfs_register_tape(tapename);
 	printk(VIOTAPE_KERN_INFO "tape %s is iSeries "
 			"resource %10.10s type %4.4s, model %3.3s\n",
 			tapename, viotape_unitinfo[i].rsrcname,
@@ -978,7 +976,6 @@ static int viotape_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 
 	devfs_remove("iseries/nvt%d", i);
 	devfs_remove("iseries/vt%d", i);
-	devfs_unregister_tape(state[i].dev_handle);
 	class_device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80));
 	class_device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i));
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h b/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h
index 3dd430e016b0e9e4bb197afe1c556c0edbd1b89e..d1dd876bc1a264325a2bcbc0a6af6142a83290a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h
@@ -25,11 +25,4 @@ static inline int devfs_mk_dir(const char *fmt, ...)
 static inline void devfs_remove(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 }
-static inline int devfs_register_tape(const char *name)
-{
-	return -1;
-}
-static inline void devfs_unregister_tape(int num)
-{
-}
 #endif				/*  _LINUX_DEVFS_FS_KERNEL_H  */