1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
index 2429e1180fa9..1a0ed3dc409c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
@@ -2701,11 +2701,6 @@ static int __init acpi_ibm_init(void)
         if (acpi_disabled)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        if (!acpi_specific_hotkey_enabled) {
-                printk(IBM_ERR "using generic hotkey driver\n");
-                return -ENODEV;
-        }
-
         /* ec is required because many other handles are relative to it */
         IBM_HANDLE_INIT(ec);
         if (!ec_handle) {