diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16130_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16130_core.c
index caf067ce98ce..6d3cd6c2bff9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16130_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16130_core.c
@@ -41,34 +41,15 @@
 /**
  * struct adis16130_state - device instance specific data
  * @us:			actual spi_device to write data
- * @mode:		24 bits (1) or 16 bits (0)
  * @buf_lock:		mutex to protect tx and rx
  * @buf:		unified tx/rx buffer
  **/
 struct adis16130_state {
 	struct spi_device		*us;
-	u32                             mode;
 	struct mutex			buf_lock;
 	u8				buf[4] ____cacheline_aligned;
 };
 
-static int adis16130_spi_write(struct device *dev, u8 reg_addr,
-		u8 val)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	struct adis16130_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-
-	mutex_lock(&st->buf_lock);
-	st->buf[0] = reg_addr;
-	st->buf[1] = val;
-
-	ret = spi_write(st->us, st->buf, 2);
-	mutex_unlock(&st->buf_lock);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int adis16130_spi_read(struct device *dev, u8 reg_addr,
 		u32 *val)
 {
@@ -79,6 +60,7 @@ static int adis16130_spi_read(struct device *dev, u8 reg_addr,
 	struct spi_transfer xfer = {
 		.tx_buf = st->buf,
 		.rx_buf = st->buf,
+		.len = 4,
 	};
 
 	mutex_lock(&st->buf_lock);
@@ -86,22 +68,13 @@ static int adis16130_spi_read(struct device *dev, u8 reg_addr,
 	st->buf[0] = ADIS16130_CON_RD | reg_addr;
 	st->buf[1] = st->buf[2] = st->buf[3] = 0;
 
-	if (st->mode)
-		xfer.len = 4;
-	else
-		xfer.len = 3;
 	spi_message_init(&msg);
 	spi_message_add_tail(&xfer, &msg);
 	ret = spi_sync(st->us, &msg);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		if (st->mode)
-			*val = (st->buf[1] << 16) |
-				(st->buf[2] << 8) |
-				st->buf[3];
-		else
-			*val = (st->buf[1] << 8) | st->buf[2];
-	}
+	ret = spi_read(st->us, st->buf, 4);
 
+	if (ret == 0)
+		*val = (st->buf[1] << 16) | (st->buf[2] << 8) | st->buf[3];
 	mutex_unlock(&st->buf_lock);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -127,54 +100,14 @@ static ssize_t adis16130_val_read(struct device *dev,
 		return ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t adis16130_bitsmode_read(struct device *dev,
-		struct device_attribute *attr,
-		char *buf)
-{
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	struct adis16130_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-
-	if (st->mode == 1)
-		return sprintf(buf, "s24\n");
-	else
-		return sprintf(buf, "s16\n");
-}
-
-static ssize_t adis16130_bitsmode_write(struct device *dev,
-		struct device_attribute *attr,
-		const char *buf,
-		size_t len)
-{
-	int ret;
-	u8 val;
-
-	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "s16"))
-		val = 0;
-	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "s24"))
-		val = 1;
-	else
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ret = adis16130_spi_write(dev, ADIS16130_MODE, val);
-
-	return ret ? ret : len;
-}
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(temp_raw, S_IRUGO, adis16130_val_read, NULL,
 		      ADIS16130_TEMPDATA);
 
 static IIO_DEV_ATTR_GYRO_Z(adis16130_val_read, ADIS16130_RATEDATA);
 
-static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(gyro_z_type, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, adis16130_bitsmode_read,
-			adis16130_bitsmode_write,
-			ADIS16130_MODE);
-
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(gyro_z_type_available, "s16 s24");
-
 static struct attribute *adis16130_attributes[] = {
 	&iio_dev_attr_temp_raw.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_dev_attr_gyro_z_raw.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_gyro_z_type.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_const_attr_gyro_z_type_available.dev_attr.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -208,7 +141,6 @@ static int __devinit adis16130_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	indio_dev->dev.parent = &spi->dev;
 	indio_dev->info = &adis16130_info;
 	indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
-	st->mode = 1;
 
 	ret = iio_device_register(indio_dev);
 	if (ret)