diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
index 56d6814bec26..3cfa7b01a24b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
@@ -473,23 +473,6 @@ struct dev_pm_domain omap_device_pm_domain = {
 	}
 };
 
-/**
- * omap_device_register - register an omap_device with one omap_hwmod
- * @pdev: the platform device (omap_device) to register.
- *
- * Register the omap_device structure.  This currently just calls
- * platform_device_register() on the underlying platform_device.
- * Returns the return value of platform_device_register().
- */
-int omap_device_register(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	pr_debug("omap_device: %s: registering\n", pdev->name);
-
-	dev_pm_domain_set(&pdev->dev, &omap_device_pm_domain);
-	return platform_device_add(pdev);
-}
-
-
 /* Public functions for use by device drivers through struct platform_data */
 
 /**
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.h
index f77e76a7841a..d607532cf5e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ int omap_device_idle(struct platform_device *pdev);
 struct omap_device *omap_device_alloc(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				      struct omap_hwmod **ohs, int oh_cnt);
 void omap_device_delete(struct omap_device *od);
-int omap_device_register(struct platform_device *pdev);
 
 struct device *omap_device_get_by_hwmod_name(const char *oh_name);