diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 857b0a928e8d0..d3d053ba857c4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1133,7 +1133,6 @@ static void __device_release_driver(struct device *dev, struct device *parent)
 		}
 
 		pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
-		pm_runtime_clean_up_links(dev);
 
 		driver_sysfs_remove(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
index 6919f7fc226bb..bfda153b1a41d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
@@ -1642,42 +1642,6 @@ void pm_runtime_remove(struct device *dev)
 	pm_runtime_reinit(dev);
 }
 
-/**
- * pm_runtime_clean_up_links - Prepare links to consumers for driver removal.
- * @dev: Device whose driver is going to be removed.
- *
- * Check links from this device to any consumers and if any of them have active
- * runtime PM references to the device, drop the usage counter of the device
- * (as many times as needed).
- *
- * Links with the DL_FLAG_MANAGED flag unset are ignored.
- *
- * Since the device is guaranteed to be runtime-active at the point this is
- * called, nothing else needs to be done here.
- *
- * Moreover, this is called after device_links_busy() has returned 'false', so
- * the status of each link is guaranteed to be DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND and
- * therefore rpm_active can't be manipulated concurrently.
- */
-void pm_runtime_clean_up_links(struct device *dev)
-{
-	struct device_link *link;
-	int idx;
-
-	idx = device_links_read_lock();
-
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(link, &dev->links.consumers, s_node,
-				device_links_read_lock_held()) {
-		if (!(link->flags & DL_FLAG_MANAGED))
-			continue;
-
-		while (refcount_dec_not_one(&link->rpm_active))
-			pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
-	}
-
-	device_links_read_unlock(idx);
-}
-
 /**
  * pm_runtime_get_suppliers - Resume and reference-count supplier devices.
  * @dev: Consumer device.
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
index 07f2eea1df0aa..940f136d88524 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ extern u64 pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_update_max_time_suspended(struct device *dev,
 						 s64 delta_ns);
 extern void pm_runtime_set_memalloc_noio(struct device *dev, bool enable);
-extern void pm_runtime_clean_up_links(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_get_suppliers(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_put_suppliers(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_new_link(struct device *dev);
@@ -276,7 +275,6 @@ static inline u64 pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration(
 				struct device *dev) { return 0; }
 static inline void pm_runtime_set_memalloc_noio(struct device *dev,
 						bool enable){}
-static inline void pm_runtime_clean_up_links(struct device *dev) {}
 static inline void pm_runtime_get_suppliers(struct device *dev) {}
 static inline void pm_runtime_put_suppliers(struct device *dev) {}
 static inline void pm_runtime_new_link(struct device *dev) {}