diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6f25789f43a5..cdf738440fec 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a2f98a203b02617107086ac72996a1ab3c4d5ea4
+refs/heads/master: a9b57be074688cdfd9b10b1db58988bb31da20ef
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.c b/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.c
index cdf61dd07318..4d9935f58ad5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/empeg.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 #include <linux/usb/serial.h>
 
-static bool debug;
-
 /*
  * Version Information
  */
@@ -134,6 +132,3 @@ module_usb_serial_driver(serial_drivers, id_table);
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
-module_param(debug, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug enabled or not");