diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
index 24feb0de1c00..2d99a59d9f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-/* Keep track of which host controller drivers are loaded */
-unsigned long usb_hcds_loaded;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_hcds_loaded);
-
 /* host controllers we manage */
 DEFINE_IDR (usb_bus_idr);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL (usb_bus_idr);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c
index 64c4965a160f..fbb5d590eab6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c
@@ -5625,11 +5625,6 @@ int __init fotg210_hcd_init(void)
 	if (usb_disabled())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	set_bit(USB_EHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
-	if (test_bit(USB_UHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded) ||
-			test_bit(USB_OHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded))
-		pr_warn("Warning! fotg210_hcd should always be loaded before uhci_hcd and ohci_hcd, not after\n");
-
 	pr_debug("%s: block sizes: qh %zd qtd %zd itd %zd\n",
 			hcd_name, sizeof(struct fotg210_qh),
 			sizeof(struct fotg210_qtd),
@@ -5643,5 +5638,4 @@ int __init fotg210_hcd_init(void)
 void __exit fotg210_hcd_cleanup(void)
 {
 	debugfs_remove(fotg210_debug_root);
-	clear_bit(USB_EHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
index 6d1d190c914d..3c46bb18c7f3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
@@ -1354,12 +1354,6 @@ static int __init ehci_hcd_init(void)
 	if (usb_disabled())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	set_bit(USB_EHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
-	if (test_bit(USB_UHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded) ||
-			test_bit(USB_OHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded))
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning! ehci_hcd should always be loaded"
-				" before uhci_hcd and ohci_hcd, not after\n");
-
 	pr_debug("%s: block sizes: qh %zd qtd %zd itd %zd sitd %zd\n",
 		 hcd_name,
 		 sizeof(struct ehci_qh), sizeof(struct ehci_qtd),
@@ -1390,7 +1384,6 @@ clean0:
 	debugfs_remove(ehci_debug_root);
 	ehci_debug_root = NULL;
 #endif
-	clear_bit(USB_EHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
 	return retval;
 }
 module_init(ehci_hcd_init);
@@ -1404,6 +1397,5 @@ static void __exit ehci_hcd_cleanup(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG
 	debugfs_remove(ehci_debug_root);
 #endif
-	clear_bit(USB_EHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
 }
 module_exit(ehci_hcd_cleanup);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
index 9c7f3008646e..30840922f729 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
@@ -1282,7 +1282,6 @@ static int __init ohci_hcd_mod_init(void)
 
 	pr_debug ("%s: block sizes: ed %zd td %zd\n", hcd_name,
 		sizeof (struct ed), sizeof (struct td));
-	set_bit(USB_OHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
 
 	ohci_debug_root = debugfs_create_dir("ohci", usb_debug_root);
 
@@ -1332,7 +1331,6 @@ static int __init ohci_hcd_mod_init(void)
 	debugfs_remove(ohci_debug_root);
 	ohci_debug_root = NULL;
 
-	clear_bit(USB_OHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
 	return retval;
 }
 module_init(ohci_hcd_mod_init);
@@ -1352,7 +1350,6 @@ static void __exit ohci_hcd_mod_exit(void)
 	ps3_ohci_driver_unregister(&PS3_SYSTEM_BUS_DRIVER);
 #endif
 	debugfs_remove(ohci_debug_root);
-	clear_bit(USB_OHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
 }
 module_exit(ohci_hcd_mod_exit);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c
index 14e6dfef16c6..8bb11109b66c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c
@@ -867,8 +867,6 @@ static int __init uhci_hcd_init(void)
 	if (usb_disabled())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	set_bit(USB_UHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG
 	errbuf = kmalloc(ERRBUF_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!errbuf)
@@ -912,8 +910,6 @@ up_failed:
 
 errbuf_failed:
 #endif
-
-	clear_bit(USB_UHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -930,7 +926,6 @@ static void __exit uhci_hcd_cleanup(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG
 	kfree(errbuf);
 #endif
-	clear_bit(USB_UHCI_LOADED, &usb_hcds_loaded);
 }
 
 module_init(uhci_hcd_init);
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/hcd.h b/include/linux/usb/hcd.h
index ac95e7c89df5..181db044c4d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/hcd.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/hcd.h
@@ -760,12 +760,6 @@ static inline void usbmon_urb_complete(struct usb_bus *bus, struct urb *urb,
  */
 extern struct rw_semaphore ehci_cf_port_reset_rwsem;
 
-/* Keep track of which host controller drivers are loaded */
-#define USB_UHCI_LOADED		0
-#define USB_OHCI_LOADED		1
-#define USB_EHCI_LOADED		2
-extern unsigned long usb_hcds_loaded;
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* __USB_CORE_HCD_H */