diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_utils.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_utils.c
index 80b51332292c..f76de82908d3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_utils.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_utils.c
@@ -16,55 +16,3 @@ int dgnc_ms_sleep(ulong ms)
 	schedule_timeout((ms * HZ) / 1000);
 	return signal_pending(current);
 }
-
-/*
- *      dgnc_ioctl_name() : Returns a text version of each ioctl value.
- */
-char *dgnc_ioctl_name(int cmd)
-{
-	switch (cmd) {
-
-	case TCGETA:		return "TCGETA";
-	case TCGETS:		return "TCGETS";
-	case TCSETA:		return "TCSETA";
-	case TCSETS:		return "TCSETS";
-	case TCSETAW:		return "TCSETAW";
-	case TCSETSW:		return "TCSETSW";
-	case TCSETAF:		return "TCSETAF";
-	case TCSETSF:		return "TCSETSF";
-	case TCSBRK:		return "TCSBRK";
-	case TCXONC:		return "TCXONC";
-	case TCFLSH:		return "TCFLSH";
-	case TIOCGSID:		return "TIOCGSID";
-
-	case TIOCGETD:		return "TIOCGETD";
-	case TIOCSETD:		return "TIOCSETD";
-	case TIOCGWINSZ:	return "TIOCGWINSZ";
-	case TIOCSWINSZ:	return "TIOCSWINSZ";
-
-	case TIOCMGET:		return "TIOCMGET";
-	case TIOCMSET:		return "TIOCMSET";
-	case TIOCMBIS:		return "TIOCMBIS";
-	case TIOCMBIC:		return "TIOCMBIC";
-
-	/* from digi.h */
-	case DIGI_SETA:		return "DIGI_SETA";
-	case DIGI_SETAW:	return "DIGI_SETAW";
-	case DIGI_SETAF:	return "DIGI_SETAF";
-	case DIGI_SETFLOW:	return "DIGI_SETFLOW";
-	case DIGI_SETAFLOW:	return "DIGI_SETAFLOW";
-	case DIGI_GETFLOW:	return "DIGI_GETFLOW";
-	case DIGI_GETAFLOW:	return "DIGI_GETAFLOW";
-	case DIGI_GETA:		return "DIGI_GETA";
-	case DIGI_GEDELAY:	return "DIGI_GEDELAY";
-	case DIGI_SEDELAY:	return "DIGI_SEDELAY";
-	case DIGI_GETCUSTOMBAUD: return "DIGI_GETCUSTOMBAUD";
-	case DIGI_SETCUSTOMBAUD: return "DIGI_SETCUSTOMBAUD";
-	case TIOCMODG:		return "TIOCMODG";
-	case TIOCMODS:		return "TIOCMODS";
-	case TIOCSDTR:		return "TIOCSDTR";
-	case TIOCCDTR:		return "TIOCCDTR";
-
-	default:		return "unknown";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_utils.h b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_utils.h
index cebf60163a26..1164c3a09c6b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_utils.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_utils.h
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 #define __DGNC_UTILS_H
 
 int dgnc_ms_sleep(ulong ms);
-char *dgnc_ioctl_name(int cmd);
 
 #endif