diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 6796d3e46053bb4ef639863c982cee030ea54511..871607b7c876ce67d78ca31f0477d8d1356bf67d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus)
 	bus->subsys.kobj.kset = bus_kset;
 	bus->subsys.kobj.ktype = &bus_ktype;
 
-	retval = subsystem_register(&bus->subsys);
+	retval = kset_register(&bus->subsys);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus)
 bus_devices_fail:
 	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
 bus_uevent_fail:
-	subsystem_unregister(&bus->subsys);
+	kset_unregister(&bus->subsys);
 out:
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ void bus_unregister(struct bus_type * bus)
 	kset_unregister(bus->drivers_kset);
 	kset_unregister(bus->devices_kset);
 	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
-	subsystem_unregister(&bus->subsys);
+	kset_unregister(&bus->subsys);
 }
 
 int bus_register_notifier(struct bus_type *bus, struct notifier_block *nb)
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 304f90eb9b00df5188b3992236354885bd51a214..3ffcda753e7804705e4096e13843ccb162224be1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ int class_register(struct class * cls)
 	cls->subsys.kobj.kset = class_kset;
 	cls->subsys.kobj.ktype = &class_ktype;
 
-	error = subsystem_register(&cls->subsys);
+	error = kset_register(&cls->subsys);
 	if (!error) {
 		error = add_class_attrs(class_get(cls));
 		class_put(cls);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void class_unregister(struct class * cls)
 {
 	pr_debug("device class '%s': unregistering\n", cls->name);
 	remove_class_attrs(cls);
-	subsystem_unregister(&cls->subsys);
+	kset_unregister(&cls->subsys);
 }
 
 static void class_create_release(struct class *cls)
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 0930efdcc0948d4f4ae9b436cb10fa91ab8920ee..78c851b4e67e51ce706eaa85330bda5375f19d51 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -207,9 +207,6 @@ extern struct kset *power_kset;
 /* The global /sys/firmware/ kobject for people to chain off of */
 extern struct kobject *firmware_kobj;
 
-extern int __must_check subsystem_register(struct kset *);
-extern void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *);
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
 int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action);
 int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index c742ac25228a078e34032eb01f88f3d928f0c08e..7919c32a3a15888bcc92b29b9d898db530fb1107 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -800,16 +800,6 @@ struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset * kset, const char * name)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int subsystem_register(struct kset *s)
-{
-	return kset_register(s);
-}
-
-void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *s)
-{
-	kset_unregister(s);
-}
-
 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
@@ -904,6 +894,3 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(subsystem_register);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(subsystem_unregister);