diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 348bd8d06112..1bd8d818f8e9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4288,8 +4288,4 @@ void __exit addrconf_cleanup(void)
 	del_timer(&addr_chk_timer);
 
 	rtnl_unlock();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	proc_net_remove(&init_net, "if_inet6");
-#endif
 }