diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index 9a5d46a3c1725d3e5ff31debe52f393c6020d34f..ff170963c641214a6fccf4803d092eb242ef987d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -675,19 +675,6 @@ int tpm_register_hardware(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_register_hardware);
 
-static int __init init_tpm(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit cleanup_tpm(void)
-{
-
-}
-
-module_init(init_tpm);
-module_exit(cleanup_tpm);
-
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Leendert van Doorn (leendert@watson.ibm.com)");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TPM Driver");
 MODULE_VERSION("2.0");