diff --git a/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c b/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
index 0f1846ec9042..4600d2436996 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/line6/variax.c
@@ -275,38 +275,6 @@ void line6_variax_process_message(struct usb_line6_variax *variax)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
-	"read" request on "active" special file.
-*/
-static ssize_t variax_get_active(struct device *dev,
-				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	struct usb_line6_variax *variax =
-	    usb_get_intfdata(to_usb_interface(dev));
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n",
-		       variax->buffer_activate[VARIAX_OFFSET_ACTIVATE]);
-}
-
-/*
-	"write" request on "active" special file.
-*/
-static ssize_t variax_set_active(struct device *dev,
-				 struct device_attribute *attr,
-				 const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-	struct usb_line6_variax *variax =
-	    usb_get_intfdata(to_usb_interface(dev));
-	u8 value;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	variax_activate_async(variax, value ? 1 : 0);
-	return count;
-}
-
 /*
 	"read" request on "guitar" special file.
 */
@@ -366,8 +334,6 @@ static ssize_t variax_set_raw2(struct device *dev,
 #endif
 
 /* Variax workbench special files: */
-static DEVICE_ATTR(active, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, variax_get_active,
-		   variax_set_active);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(guitar, S_IRUGO, variax_get_guitar, line6_nop_write);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINE6_USB_RAW
@@ -404,7 +370,6 @@ static void variax_destruct(struct usb_interface *interface)
 static int variax_create_files2(struct device *dev)
 {
 	int err;
-	CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_active));
 	CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_guitar));
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINE6_USB_RAW
 	CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_raw));
@@ -504,7 +469,6 @@ void line6_variax_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 	if (dev != NULL) {
 		/* remove sysfs entries: */
 		line6_variax_remove_files(0, 0, dev);
-		device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_active);
 		device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_guitar);
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINE6_USB_RAW
 		device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_raw);