diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
index 9e31b2bd..4a56a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &device)) {
-		ret = acpi_bus_trim(device, 1);
+		ret = acpi_bus_trim(device);
 		if (ret)
 			pr_debug("error removing bus, %x\n", -ret);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index a26c09e..d14ce44 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
 		"Hot-removing device %s...\n", dev_name(&device->dev)));
 
-	if (acpi_bus_trim(device, 1)) {
+	if (acpi_bus_trim(device)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
 				"Removing device failed\n");
 		goto err_out;
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static int acpi_bus_remove(struct acpi_device *dev, int rmdevice)
+static int acpi_bus_remove(struct acpi_device *dev)
 {
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1382,9 +1382,6 @@
 	dev->removal_type = ACPI_BUS_REMOVAL_EJECT;
 	device_release_driver(&dev->dev);
 
-	if (!rmdevice)
-		return 0;
-
 	acpi_device_unregister(dev);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1642,7 +1639,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_add);
 
-int acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start, int rmdevice)
+int acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 	struct acpi_device *parent, *child;
@@ -1668,12 +1665,7 @@
 			acpi_get_parent(phandle, &phandle);
 			child = parent;
 			parent = parent->parent;
-
-			if (level == 0)
-				err = acpi_bus_remove(child, rmdevice);
-			else
-				err = acpi_bus_remove(child, 1);
-
+			err = acpi_bus_remove(child);
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
index 91b5ad8..22006f2 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@
 		/* this shouldn't be in here, so remove
 		 * the bus then re-add it...
 		 */
-		ret_val = acpi_bus_trim(device, 1);
+		ret_val = acpi_bus_trim(device);
 		dbg("acpi_bus_trim return %x\n", ret_val);
 	}
 
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@
 		return retval;
 	}
 
-	retval = acpi_bus_trim(device, 1);
+	retval = acpi_bus_trim(device);
 	if (retval)
 		err("cannot remove from acpi list\n");
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/sgi_hotplug.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/sgi_hotplug.c
index f3c4192..2e006ee 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/sgi_hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/sgi_hotplug.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
 				ret = acpi_bus_get_device(chandle,
 							  &device);
 				if (ACPI_SUCCESS(ret))
-					acpi_bus_trim(device, 1);
+					acpi_bus_trim(device);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index efe5f74..566f1fd 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
 void acpi_bus_unregister_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver);
 int acpi_bus_add(acpi_handle handle);
 void acpi_bus_hot_remove_device(void *context);
-int acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start, int rmdevice);
+int acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start);
 acpi_status acpi_bus_get_ejd(acpi_handle handle, acpi_handle * ejd);
 int acpi_match_device_ids(struct acpi_device *device,
 			  const struct acpi_device_id *ids);