diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index b93f3c5716aeea..78dfa74ee18bf9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2331,8 +2331,6 @@ static void fw_devlink_link_device(struct device *dev)
 
 /* Device links support end. */
 
-int (*platform_notify)(struct device *dev) = NULL;
-int (*platform_notify_remove)(struct device *dev) = NULL;
 static struct kobject *dev_kobj;
 
 /* /sys/dev/char */
@@ -2380,16 +2378,10 @@ static void device_platform_notify(struct device *dev)
 	acpi_device_notify(dev);
 
 	software_node_notify(dev);
-
-	if (platform_notify)
-		platform_notify(dev);
 }
 
 static void device_platform_notify_remove(struct device *dev)
 {
-	if (platform_notify_remove)
-		platform_notify_remove(dev);
-
 	software_node_notify_remove(dev);
 
 	acpi_device_notify_remove(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 97c4b046c09d94..c515ba5756e4da 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1206,17 +1206,6 @@ int __must_check devm_device_add_groups(struct device *dev,
 int __must_check devm_device_add_group(struct device *dev,
 				       const struct attribute_group *grp);
 
-/*
- * Platform "fixup" functions - allow the platform to have their say
- * about devices and actions that the general device layer doesn't
- * know about.
- */
-/* Notify platform of device discovery */
-extern int (*platform_notify)(struct device *dev);
-
-extern int (*platform_notify_remove)(struct device *dev);
-
-
 /*
  * get_device - atomically increment the reference count for the device.
  *