diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
index dcc05fd..8742a0e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
 #include "ftdi_sio.h"
 #include "ftdi_sio_ids.h"
 
-/*
- * Version Information
- */
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "v1.6.0"
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>, Bill Ryder <bryder@sgi.com>, Kuba Ober <kuba@mareimbrium.org>, Andreas Mohr, Johan Hovold <jhovold@gmail.com>"
 #define DRIVER_DESC "USB FTDI Serial Converters Driver"
 
@@ -2419,8 +2415,6 @@
 
 static int __init ftdi_init(void)
 {
-	int retval;
-
 	if (vendor > 0 && product > 0) {
 		/* Add user specified VID/PID to reserved element of table. */
 		int i;
@@ -2430,11 +2424,7 @@
 		id_table_combined[i].idVendor = vendor;
 		id_table_combined[i].idProduct = product;
 	}
-	retval = usb_serial_register_drivers(serial_drivers, KBUILD_MODNAME, id_table_combined);
-	if (retval == 0)
-		printk(KERN_INFO KBUILD_MODNAME ": " DRIVER_VERSION ":"
-			       DRIVER_DESC "\n");
-	return retval;
+	return usb_serial_register_drivers(serial_drivers, KBUILD_MODNAME, id_table_combined);
 }
 
 static void __exit ftdi_exit(void)