diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion_test.h b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion_test.h
index 352379a0269090..614d1e36f72ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion_test.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion_test.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-typedef int ion_user_handle_t;
-
 /**
  * struct ion_test_rw_data - metadata passed to the kernel to read handle
  * @ptr:	a pointer to an area at least as large as size