diff --git a/drivers/rtc/dev.c b/drivers/rtc/dev.c
index 5cf90daf975c..4aad9bb99868 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/dev.c
@@ -566,9 +566,3 @@ void __init rtc_dev_init(void)
 	if (err < 0)
 		pr_err("failed to allocate char dev region\n");
 }
-
-void __exit rtc_dev_exit(void)
-{
-	if (rtc_devt)
-		unregister_chrdev_region(rtc_devt, RTC_DEV_MAX);
-}
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-core.h b/drivers/rtc/rtc-core.h
index 0abf98983e13..4b10a1b8f370 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-core.h
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-core.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV
 
 extern void __init rtc_dev_init(void);
-extern void __exit rtc_dev_exit(void);
 extern void rtc_dev_prepare(struct rtc_device *rtc);
 
 #else
@@ -11,10 +10,6 @@ static inline void rtc_dev_init(void)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void rtc_dev_exit(void)
-{
-}
-
 static inline void rtc_dev_prepare(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 {
 }