diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_pci230.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_pci230.c
index 393712c1b13e2b34c1dd8c09e43b1b258bff4334..39fa2f63f14a4b269c45bd90f9f9e081559d9c37 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_pci230.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_pci230.c
@@ -2729,23 +2729,12 @@ static int pci230_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 			"amplc_pci230: BUG! cannot determine board type!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Need to 'get' the PCI device to match the 'put' in pci230_detach().
-	 * TODO: Remove the pci_dev_get() and matching pci_dev_put() once
-	 * support for manual attachment of PCI devices via pci230_attach()
-	 * has been removed.
-	 */
-	pci_dev_get(pci_dev);
 	return pci230_attach_common(dev, pci_dev);
 }
 
 static void pci230_detach(struct comedi_device *dev)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pcidev = comedi_to_pci_dev(dev);
-
 	comedi_pci_detach(dev);
-	if (pcidev)
-		pci_dev_put(pcidev);
 }
 
 static struct comedi_driver amplc_pci230_driver = {