diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 1ba40bb2b966..a407022fdc76 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -717,10 +717,6 @@ i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info)
 	client->adapter = adap;
 
 	client->dev.platform_data = info->platform_data;
-
-	if (info->archdata)
-		client->dev.archdata = *info->archdata;
-
 	client->flags = info->flags;
 	client->addr = info->addr;
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
index c405270a98b4..15bd51eca37b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ static struct i2c_client *of_i2c_register_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	struct i2c_board_info info = {};
-	struct dev_archdata dev_ad = {};
 	u32 addr;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ static struct i2c_client *of_i2c_register_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 	}
 
 	info.addr = addr;
-	info.archdata = &dev_ad;
 	info.of_node = of_node_get(node);
 
 	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "host-notify"))
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 44ad14e016b5..aeb655772ef8 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ static inline bool i2c_detect_slave_mode(struct device *dev) { return false; }
  * @addr: stored in i2c_client.addr
  * @dev_name: Overrides the default <busnr>-<addr> dev_name if set
  * @platform_data: stored in i2c_client.dev.platform_data
- * @archdata: copied into i2c_client.dev.archdata
  * @of_node: pointer to OpenFirmware device node
  * @fwnode: device node supplied by the platform firmware
  * @properties: additional device properties for the device
@@ -419,7 +418,6 @@ struct i2c_board_info {
 	unsigned short	addr;
 	const char	*dev_name;
 	void		*platform_data;
-	struct dev_archdata	*archdata;
 	struct device_node *of_node;
 	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
 	const struct property_entry *properties;