diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h
index 31105175771540..959fb6bd25ca0d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h
@@ -54,10 +54,4 @@
 
 extern u32 GlobalDebugLevel;
 
-#define DBG_88E(...)							\
-	do {								\
-		if (_drv_err_ <= GlobalDebugLevel)			\
-			pr_info(DRIVER_PREFIX __VA_ARGS__);		\
-	} while (0)
-
 #endif	/* __RTW_DEBUG_H__ */