diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index b21c96388f13..ae95a96a016d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/clk/clk-conf.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
-#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
@@ -67,8 +66,6 @@ static int i2c_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_driver *driver);
 static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(i2c_trace_msg_key);
 static bool is_registered;
 
-static struct dentry *i2c_debugfs_root;
-
 int i2c_transfer_trace_reg(void)
 {
 	static_branch_inc(&i2c_trace_msg_key);
@@ -1502,8 +1499,6 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 		goto out_list;
 	}
 
-	adap->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&adap->dev), i2c_debugfs_root);
-
 	res = i2c_setup_smbus_alert(adap);
 	if (res)
 		goto out_reg;
@@ -1543,7 +1538,6 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 	return 0;
 
 out_reg:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs);
 	init_completion(&adap->dev_released);
 	device_unregister(&adap->dev);
 	wait_for_completion(&adap->dev_released);
@@ -1745,8 +1739,6 @@ void i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 
 	i2c_host_notify_irq_teardown(adap);
 
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs);
-
 	/* wait until all references to the device are gone
 	 *
 	 * FIXME: This is old code and should ideally be replaced by an
@@ -1975,8 +1967,6 @@ static int __init i2c_init(void)
 
 	is_registered = true;
 
-	i2c_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("i2c", NULL);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_I2C_COMPAT
 	i2c_adapter_compat_class = class_compat_register("i2c-adapter");
 	if (!i2c_adapter_compat_class) {
@@ -2015,7 +2005,6 @@ static void __exit i2c_exit(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_I2C_COMPAT
 	class_compat_unregister(i2c_adapter_compat_class);
 #endif
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(i2c_debugfs_root);
 	bus_unregister(&i2c_bus_type);
 	tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 8a3d9d84a528..99f689150704 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -750,8 +750,6 @@ struct i2c_adapter {
 
 	struct irq_domain *host_notify_domain;
 	struct regulator *bus_regulator;
-
-	struct dentry *debugfs;
 };
 #define to_i2c_adapter(d) container_of(d, struct i2c_adapter, dev)