diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-nomadik/gpio.c b/arch/arm/plat-nomadik/gpio.c
index 1e0e9130e51e..977c8f9a07a2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-nomadik/gpio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-nomadik/gpio.c
@@ -619,30 +619,12 @@ static int __init nmk_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __exit nmk_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
-{
-	struct nmk_gpio_chip *nmk_chip;
-	struct resource *res;
-
-	res = platform_get_resource(dev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-
-	nmk_chip = platform_get_drvdata(dev);
-	gpiochip_remove(&nmk_chip->chip);
-	clk_disable(nmk_chip->clk);
-	clk_put(nmk_chip->clk);
-	kfree(nmk_chip);
-	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
 static struct platform_driver nmk_gpio_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.name = "gpio",
 		},
 	.probe = nmk_gpio_probe,
-	.remove = __exit_p(nmk_gpio_remove),
 	.suspend = NULL, /* to be done */
 	.resume = NULL,
 };