diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000.c
index f5ced157ead97..211e1fd6c6e6f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000.c
@@ -453,143 +453,6 @@ sca3000_show_available_3db_freqs(struct device *dev,
 
 	return len;
 }
-/**
- * sca3000_show_available_measurement_modes() display available modes
- *
- * This is all read from chip specific data in the driver. Not all
- * of the sca3000 series support modes other than normal.
- **/
-static ssize_t
-sca3000_show_available_measurement_modes(struct device *dev,
-					 struct device_attribute *attr,
-					 char *buf)
-{
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
-	struct sca3000_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	int len = 0;
-
-	len += sprintf(buf + len, "0 - normal mode");
-	switch (st->info->option_mode_1) {
-	case SCA3000_OP_MODE_NARROW:
-		len += sprintf(buf + len, ", 1 - narrow mode");
-		break;
-	case SCA3000_OP_MODE_BYPASS:
-		len += sprintf(buf + len, ", 1 - bypass mode");
-		break;
-	}
-	switch (st->info->option_mode_2) {
-	case SCA3000_OP_MODE_WIDE:
-		len += sprintf(buf + len, ", 2 - wide mode");
-		break;
-	}
-	/* always supported */
-	len += sprintf(buf + len, " 3 - motion detection\n");
-
-	return len;
-}
-
-/**
- * sca3000_show_measurement_mode() sysfs read of current mode
- **/
-static ssize_t
-sca3000_show_measurement_mode(struct device *dev,
-			      struct device_attribute *attr,
-			      char *buf)
-{
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
-	struct sca3000_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	int len = 0, ret;
-
-	mutex_lock(&st->lock);
-	ret = sca3000_read_data_short(st, SCA3000_REG_MODE_ADDR, 1);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error_ret;
-	/* mask bottom 2 bits - only ones that are relevant */
-	st->rx[0] &= SCA3000_REG_MODE_MODE_MASK;
-	switch (st->rx[0]) {
-	case SCA3000_REG_MODE_MEAS_MODE_NORMAL:
-		len += sprintf(buf + len, "0 - normal mode\n");
-		break;
-	case SCA3000_REG_MODE_MEAS_MODE_MOT_DET:
-		len += sprintf(buf + len, "3 - motion detection\n");
-		break;
-	case SCA3000_REG_MODE_MEAS_MODE_OP_1:
-		switch (st->info->option_mode_1) {
-		case SCA3000_OP_MODE_NARROW:
-			len += sprintf(buf + len, "1 - narrow mode\n");
-			break;
-		case SCA3000_OP_MODE_BYPASS:
-			len += sprintf(buf + len, "1 - bypass mode\n");
-			break;
-		}
-		break;
-	case SCA3000_REG_MODE_MEAS_MODE_OP_2:
-		switch (st->info->option_mode_2) {
-		case SCA3000_OP_MODE_WIDE:
-			len += sprintf(buf + len, "2 - wide mode\n");
-			break;
-		}
-		break;
-	}
-
-error_ret:
-	mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
-
-	return ret ? ret : len;
-}
-
-/**
- * sca3000_store_measurement_mode() set the current mode
- **/
-static ssize_t
-sca3000_store_measurement_mode(struct device *dev,
-			       struct device_attribute *attr,
-			       const char *buf,
-			       size_t len)
-{
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
-	struct sca3000_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	int ret;
-	u8 val;
-
-	mutex_lock(&st->lock);
-	ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &val);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error_ret;
-	if (val > 3) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto error_ret;
-	}
-	ret = sca3000_read_data_short(st, SCA3000_REG_MODE_ADDR, 1);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error_ret;
-	st->rx[0] &= ~SCA3000_REG_MODE_MODE_MASK;
-	st->rx[0] |= (val & SCA3000_REG_MODE_MODE_MASK);
-	ret = sca3000_write_reg(st, SCA3000_REG_MODE_ADDR, st->rx[0]);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error_ret;
-	mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
-
-	return len;
-
-error_ret:
-	mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * Not even vaguely standard attributes so defined here rather than
- * in the relevant IIO core headers
- */
-static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(measurement_mode_available, S_IRUGO,
-		       sca3000_show_available_measurement_modes,
-		       NULL, 0);
-
-static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(measurement_mode, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		       sca3000_show_measurement_mode,
-		       sca3000_store_measurement_mode,
-		       0);
 
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(in_accel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency_available,
 		       S_IRUGO, sca3000_show_available_3db_freqs,
@@ -1059,8 +922,6 @@ static int sca3000_write_event_value(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 
 static struct attribute *sca3000_attributes[] = {
 	&iio_dev_attr_revision.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_measurement_mode_available.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_measurement_mode.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_dev_attr_in_accel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency_available.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_dev_attr_sampling_frequency_available.dev_attr.attr,
 	NULL,