diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index 18febe26caa1..7ad893167823 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int sysdev_class_register(struct sysdev_class * cls)
 		 kobject_name(&cls->kset.kobj));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->drivers);
 	cls->kset.kobj.parent = &system_subsys.kobj;
-	kset_set_kset_s(cls, system_subsys);
+	cls->kset.kobj.kset = &system_subsys;
 	return kset_register(&cls->kset);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 0713799fde29..ee61ef27e799 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -227,20 +227,6 @@ extern struct kset hypervisor_subsys;
 #define kobj_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) \
 	(obj)->kobj.kset = &(subsys)
 
-/**
- *	kset_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) - set kset for embedded kset.
- *	@obj:		ptr to some object type.
- *	@subsys:	a subsystem object (not a ptr).
- *
- *	Can be used for any object type with an embedded ->kset.
- *	Sets the kset of @obj's  embedded kobject (via its embedded
- *	kset) to @subsys.kset. This makes @obj a member of that 
- *	kset.
- */
-
-#define kset_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) \
-	(obj)->kset.kobj.kset = &(subsys)
-
 extern void subsystem_init(struct kset *);
 extern int __must_check subsystem_register(struct kset *);
 extern void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *);