diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
index 843760675876..79bb2bd8e000 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * Greybus Audio Sound SoC helper APIs
  */
 
-#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <sound/core.h>
 #include <sound/soc.h>
 #include <sound/soc-dapm.h>
@@ -116,10 +115,6 @@ int gbaudio_dapm_free_controls(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm,
 {
 	int i;
 	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w, *next_w;
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-	struct dentry *parent = dapm->debugfs_dapm;
-	struct dentry *debugfs_w = NULL;
-#endif
 
 	mutex_lock(&dapm->card->dapm_mutex);
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
@@ -139,12 +134,6 @@ int gbaudio_dapm_free_controls(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm,
 			continue;
 		}
 		widget++;
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-		if (!parent)
-			debugfs_w = debugfs_lookup(w->name, parent);
-		debugfs_remove(debugfs_w);
-		debugfs_w = NULL;
-#endif
 		gbaudio_dapm_free_widget(w);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dapm->card->dapm_mutex);