diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_prim.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_prim.h
index 9c40ed904da5..36def3615d01 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_prim.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_prim.h
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 #ifndef __LIBCFS_PRIM_H__
 #define __LIBCFS_PRIM_H__
 
-#ifndef EXPORT_SYMBOL
-# define EXPORT_SYMBOL(s)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Schedule
  */