diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_ksyms.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_ksyms.c
index a732e342dcd..87803e69a14 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_ksyms.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_ksyms.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 */
 
 #define __NO_VERSION__
-#ifndef EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#define EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#endif
 
 #include "comedidev.h"
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/kcomedilib/ksyms.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/kcomedilib/ksyms.c
index 314765db51f..19293d1f998 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/kcomedilib/ksyms.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/kcomedilib/ksyms.c
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 
 */
 
-#ifndef EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#define EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#endif
-
 #include "../comedi.h"
 #include "../comedilib.h"
 #include "../comedidev.h"