diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-timberdale.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-timberdale.c
index 85ed608c2b27..181f86ce00cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-timberdale.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-timberdale.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Timberdale FPGA GPIO driver
+ * Author: Mocean Laboratories
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Intel Corporation
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
  * Timberdale FPGA GPIO
  */
 
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
@@ -290,40 +291,14 @@ static int timbgpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int timbgpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct timbgpio_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
-	struct timbgpio *tgpio = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	int irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-
-	if (irq >= 0 && tgpio->irq_base > 0) {
-		int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < pdata->nr_pins; i++) {
-			irq_set_chip(tgpio->irq_base + i, NULL);
-			irq_set_chip_data(tgpio->irq_base + i, NULL);
-		}
-
-		irq_set_handler(irq, NULL);
-		irq_set_handler_data(irq, NULL);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct platform_driver timbgpio_platform_driver = {
 	.driver = {
-		.name	= DRIVER_NAME,
+		.name			= DRIVER_NAME,
+		.suppress_bind_attrs	= true,
 	},
 	.probe		= timbgpio_probe,
-	.remove		= timbgpio_remove,
 };
 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-module_platform_driver(timbgpio_platform_driver);
-
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Timberdale GPIO driver");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Mocean Laboratories");
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:"DRIVER_NAME);
-
+builtin_platform_driver(timbgpio_platform_driver);