1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index de639eeeed50..faea0ec612bf 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1869,12 +1869,6 @@ sub process {
                             "No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $hereprev);
                 }
 
-                if ($rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
-                    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*$/) {
-                        CHK("BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
-                            "Don't begin block comments with only a /* line, use /* comment...\n" . $hereprev);
-                }
-
 # check for spaces at the beginning of a line.
 # Exceptions:
 #  1) within comments