diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base.h b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base.h
index 68a86df984da..b6c38d2edfd4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base.h
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base.h
@@ -49,19 +49,3 @@ void serial_ctrl_unregister_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port
 
 int serial_core_register_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port);
 void serial_core_unregister_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
-
-int serial_base_add_preferred_console(struct uart_driver *drv,
-				      struct uart_port *port);
-
-#else
-
-static inline
-int serial_base_add_preferred_console(struct uart_driver *drv,
-				      struct uart_port *port)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c
index 4ef26a1b09b1..4df2a4b10445 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  * The serial core bus manages the serial core controller instances.
  */
 
-#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/container_of.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
@@ -205,71 +204,6 @@ void serial_base_port_device_remove(struct serial_port_device *port_dev)
 	put_device(&port_dev->dev);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
-
-static int serial_base_add_one_prefcon(const char *match, const char *dev_name,
-				       int port_id)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = add_preferred_console_match(match, dev_name, port_id);
-	if (ret == -ENOENT)
-		return 0;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int serial_base_add_prefcon(const char *name, int idx)
-{
-	const char *char_match __free(kfree) = NULL;
-
-	/* Handle the traditional character device name style console=ttyS0 */
-	char_match = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%i", name, idx);
-	if (!char_match)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return serial_base_add_one_prefcon(char_match, name, idx);
-}
-
-/**
- * serial_base_add_preferred_console - Adds a preferred console
- * @drv: Serial port device driver
- * @port: Serial port instance
- *
- * Tries to add a preferred console for a serial port if specified in the
- * kernel command line. Supports both the traditional character device such
- * as console=ttyS0, and a hardware addressing based console=DEVNAME:0.0
- * style name.
- *
- * Translates the kernel command line option using a hardware based addressing
- * console=DEVNAME:0.0 to the serial port character device such as ttyS0.
- * Cannot be called early for ISA ports, depends on struct device.
- *
- * Note that duplicates are ignored by add_preferred_console().
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
- */
-int serial_base_add_preferred_console(struct uart_driver *drv,
-				      struct uart_port *port)
-{
-	const char *port_match __free(kfree) = NULL;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = serial_base_add_prefcon(drv->dev_name, port->line);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	port_match = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%i.%i", dev_name(port->dev),
-			       port->ctrl_id, port->port_id);
-	if (!port_match)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	/* Translate a hardware addressing style console=DEVNAME:0.0 */
-	return serial_base_add_one_prefcon(port_match, drv->dev_name, port->line);
-}
-
-#endif
-
 static int serial_base_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 0c4d60976663..2a8006e3d687 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -3422,10 +3422,6 @@ int serial_core_register_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unregister_ctrl_dev;
 
-	ret = serial_base_add_preferred_console(drv, port);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_unregister_port_dev;
-
 	ret = serial_core_add_one_port(drv, port);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unregister_port_dev;