diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 38bf3841741c9..26f0b39c7f745 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -72,17 +72,10 @@
 #define UVERBS_MODULE_NAME mlx5_ib
 #include <rdma/uverbs_named_ioctl.h>
 
-#define DRIVER_NAME "mlx5_ib"
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "5.0-0"
-
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Eli Cohen <eli@mellanox.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mellanox Connect-IB HCA IB driver");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (ConnectX series) IB driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 
-static char mlx5_version[] =
-	DRIVER_NAME ": Mellanox Connect-IB Infiniband driver v"
-	DRIVER_VERSION "\n";
-
 struct mlx5_ib_event_work {
 	struct work_struct	work;
 	union {
@@ -7315,8 +7308,6 @@ static void *mlx5_ib_add(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 	int port_type_cap;
 	int num_ports;
 
-	printk_once(KERN_INFO "%s", mlx5_version);
-
 	if (MLX5_ESWITCH_MANAGER(mdev) &&
 	    mlx5_ib_eswitch_mode(mdev->priv.eswitch) == MLX5_ESWITCH_OFFLOADS) {
 		if (!mlx5_core_mp_enabled(mdev))