diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 61ae346..4a6fdc0 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@
 	}
 
 	mci->op_state = OP_ALLOC;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mci->grp_kobj_list);
 
 	/* at this point, the root kobj is valid, and in order to
 	 * 'free' the object, then the function:
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
index a69245a..a7da4c7 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,6 @@
 	if (mci == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	kobject_get(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 	debugf0("MC: %s: %s(): mci = %p\n", __FILE__, __func__, mci);
 
 	mci->pdev = &pdev->dev;	/* record ptr  to the generic device */
@@ -1479,7 +1478,6 @@
 	i5000_put_devices(mci);
 
 fail0:
-	kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 	edac_mc_free(mci);
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
@@ -1525,7 +1523,6 @@
 
 	/* retrieve references to resources, and free those resources */
 	i5000_put_devices(mci);
-	kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 	edac_mc_free(mci);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i82875p_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i82875p_edac.c
index 1cc682d..a47c6b2 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i82875p_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i82875p_edac.c
@@ -426,9 +426,6 @@
 		goto fail0;
 	}
 
-	/* Keeps mci available after edac_mc_del_mc() till edac_mc_free() */
-	kobject_get(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
-
 	debugf3("%s(): init mci\n", __func__);
 	mci->pdev = &pdev->dev;
 	mci->mtype_cap = MEM_FLAG_DDR;
@@ -471,7 +468,6 @@
 	return 0;
 
 fail1:
-	kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 	edac_mc_free(mci);
 
 fail0:
diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h
index a2b0b6f..8a2da47 100644
--- a/include/linux/edac.h
+++ b/include/linux/edac.h
@@ -457,7 +457,6 @@
 	/* Memory location data */
 	unsigned location[EDAC_MAX_LAYERS];
 
-	struct kobject kobj;		/* sysfs kobject for this csrow */
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;	/* the parent */
 
 	u32 grain;		/* granularity of reported error in bytes */
@@ -511,34 +510,11 @@
 
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;	/* the parent */
 
-	struct kobject kobj;	/* sysfs kobject for this csrow */
-
 	/* channel information for this csrow */
 	u32 nr_channels;
 	struct rank_info *channels;
 };
 
-struct mcidev_sysfs_group {
-	const char *name;				/* group name */
-	const struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mcidev_attr; /* group attributes */
-};
-
-/* mcidev_sysfs_attribute structure
- *	used for driver sysfs attributes and in mem_ctl_info
- * 	sysfs top level entries
- */
-struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute {
-	/* It should use either attr or grp */
-	struct attribute attr;
-	const struct mcidev_sysfs_group *grp;	/* Points to a group of attributes */
-
-	/* Ops for show/store values at the attribute - not used on group */
-	ssize_t (*show)(struct mem_ctl_info *, char *);
-	ssize_t (*store)(struct mem_ctl_info *, const char *, size_t);
-
-	void *priv;
-};
-
 /*
  * struct errcount_attribute - used to store the several error counts
  */
@@ -641,12 +617,6 @@
 
 	struct completion complete;
 
-	/* edac sysfs device control */
-	struct kobject edac_mci_kobj;
-
-	/* list for all grp instances within a mc */
-	struct list_head grp_kobj_list;
-
 	/* Additional top controller level attributes, but specified
 	 * by the low level driver.
 	 *