diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/Makefile b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/Makefile
index dbe6ed3b9f0c..ba200ee669f3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ r8723bs-y = \
 		core/rtw_mlme_ext.o \
 		core/rtw_pwrctrl.o \
 		core/rtw_recv.o \
-		core/rtw_rf.o \
 		core/rtw_security.o \
 		core/rtw_sta_mgt.o \
 		core/rtw_wlan_util.o \
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_rf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_rf.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2aca45de298e..000000000000
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_rf.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/******************************************************************************
- *
- * Copyright(c) 2007 - 2011 Realtek Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *
- ******************************************************************************/
-
-#include <drv_types.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>