diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/sdw-mockup.c b/sound/soc/codecs/sdw-mockup.c
index 574c08b14f0c..b7e6546f1b5a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/sdw-mockup.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/sdw-mockup.c
@@ -237,11 +237,6 @@ static int sdw_mockup_sdw_probe(struct sdw_slave *slave,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int sdw_mockup_sdw_remove(struct sdw_slave *slave)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Intel reserved parts ID with the following mapping expected:
  * 0xAAAA: generic full-duplex codec
@@ -264,7 +259,6 @@ static struct sdw_driver sdw_mockup_sdw_driver = {
 		.name = "sdw-mockup",
 	},
 	.probe = sdw_mockup_sdw_probe,
-	.remove = sdw_mockup_sdw_remove,
 	.ops = &sdw_mockup_slave_ops,
 	.id_table = sdw_mockup_id,
 };