diff --git a/include/linux/utsrelease.h b/include/linux/utsrelease.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fe1de0ad4c1..000000000000
--- a/include/linux/utsrelease.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.18"