diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index abf4c02e0201..69a585106d30 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_TIME_SERVICES))
+		platform_device_register_simple("rtc-efi", 0, NULL, 0);
+
 	/* We register the efi directory at /sys/firmware/efi */
 	efi_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("efi", firmware_kobj);
 	if (!efi_kobj) {
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Makefile b/drivers/rtc/Makefile
index 4ac8f19fb631..24c7dfa1bd7d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_CLASS)		+= rtc-core.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_MC146818_LIB)	+= rtc-mc146818-lib.o
 rtc-core-y			:= class.o interface.o
 
-ifdef CONFIG_RTC_DRV_EFI
-rtc-core-y			+= rtc-efi-platform.o
-endif
-
 rtc-core-$(CONFIG_RTC_NVMEM)		+= nvmem.o
 rtc-core-$(CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV)		+= dev.o
 rtc-core-$(CONFIG_RTC_INTF_PROC)	+= proc.o
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi-platform.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi-platform.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c037dc4e3dc..000000000000
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi-platform.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/*
- * Moved from arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1998-2003 Hewlett-Packard Co
- *	Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
- *	David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
- * Copyright (C) 1999 Don Dugger <don.dugger@intel.com>
- * Copyright (C) 1999-2000 VA Linux Systems
- * Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Walt Drummond <drummond@valinux.com>
- */
-
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
-
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/efi.h>
-#include <linux/platform_device.h>
-
-static struct platform_device rtc_efi_dev = {
-	.name = "rtc-efi",
-	.id = -1,
-};
-
-static int __init rtc_init(void)
-{
-	if (efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
-		if (platform_device_register(&rtc_efi_dev) < 0)
-			pr_err("unable to register rtc device...\n");
-
-	/* not necessarily an error */
-	return 0;
-}
-module_init(rtc_init);