diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
index 4e9c4cc9e1b5..9c30f67c802a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/sysrq.h>
@@ -1005,19 +1005,3 @@ put_tty:
 out:
 	return err;
 }
-
-/* This isn't particularly necessary due to this being a console driver
- * but it is nice to be thorough.
- */
-static void __exit hvc_exit(void)
-{
-	if (hvc_driver) {
-		kthread_stop(hvc_task);
-
-		tty_unregister_driver(hvc_driver);
-		/* return tty_struct instances allocated in hvc_init(). */
-		put_tty_driver(hvc_driver);
-		unregister_console(&hvc_console);
-	}
-}
-module_exit(hvc_exit);