diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 10c577963418..c8aa1be70526 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -1420,14 +1420,8 @@ static void platform_remove(struct device *_dev)
 	struct platform_driver *drv = to_platform_driver(_dev->driver);
 	struct platform_device *dev = to_platform_device(_dev);
 
-	if (drv->remove_new) {
-		drv->remove_new(dev);
-	} else if (drv->remove) {
-		int ret = drv->remove(dev);
-
-		if (ret)
-			dev_warn(_dev, "remove callback returned a non-zero value. This will be ignored.\n");
-	}
+	if (drv->remove)
+		drv->remove(dev);
 	dev_pm_domain_detach(_dev, true);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 7a41c72c1959..d422db6eec63 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -237,15 +237,14 @@ struct platform_driver {
 	int (*probe)(struct platform_device *);
 
 	/*
-	 * Traditionally the remove callback returned an int which however is
-	 * ignored by the driver core. This led to wrong expectations by driver
-	 * authors who thought returning an error code was a valid error
-	 * handling strategy. To convert to a callback returning void, new
-	 * drivers should implement .remove_new() until the conversion it done
-	 * that eventually makes .remove() return void.
+	 * .remove_new() is a relic from a prototype conversion of .remove().
+	 * New drivers are supposed to implement .remove(). Once all drivers are
+	 * converted to not use .remove_new any more, it will be dropped.
 	 */
-	int (*remove)(struct platform_device *);
-	void (*remove_new)(struct platform_device *);
+	union {
+		void (*remove)(struct platform_device *);
+		void (*remove_new)(struct platform_device *);
+	};
 
 	void (*shutdown)(struct platform_device *);
 	int (*suspend)(struct platform_device *, pm_message_t state);