diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
index d50e7313b171..e5bb3c378292 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
@@ -1263,9 +1263,7 @@ static struct hid_input *hidinput_allocate(struct hid_device *hid)
 	}
 
 	input_set_drvdata(input_dev, hid);
-	if (hid->ll_driver->hidinput_input_event)
-		input_dev->event = hid->ll_driver->hidinput_input_event;
-	else if (hid->ll_driver->request || hid->hid_output_raw_report)
+	if (hid->ll_driver->request || hid->hid_output_raw_report)
 		input_dev->event = hidinput_input_event;
 	input_dev->open = hidinput_open;
 	input_dev->close = hidinput_close;
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index dddcad07c2d9..38c307b8138a 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -675,7 +675,6 @@ struct hid_driver {
  * @stop: called on remove
  * @open: called by input layer on open
  * @close: called by input layer on close
- * @hidinput_input_event: event input event (e.g. ff or leds)
  * @parse: this method is called only once to parse the device data,
  *	   shouldn't allocate anything to not leak memory
  * @request: send report request to device (e.g. feature report)
@@ -693,9 +692,6 @@ struct hid_ll_driver {
 
 	int (*power)(struct hid_device *hdev, int level);
 
-	int (*hidinput_input_event) (struct input_dev *idev, unsigned int type,
-			unsigned int code, int value);
-
 	int (*parse)(struct hid_device *hdev);
 
 	void (*request)(struct hid_device *hdev,