diff --git a/drivers/misc/mods/Makefile b/drivers/misc/mods/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 94a7d142..00000000
--- a/drivers/misc/mods/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
-
-# NOTE: Do not change or add anything in this makefile.
-# The source code and makefile rules are copied from the
-# kernel/nvidia/drivers/misc/mods. This file is
-# just place-holder for empty makefile to avoid any build
-# issue when copy is not done from command line and building
-# the tree independent of source copy.