--- /dev/null
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/Makefile
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/Makefile
+@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ATH_COMMON) += ath.o
+ ath-objs := main.o \
+ regd.o \
+ hw.o \
+- key.o
+-
+-ath-$(CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG) += debug.o
++ key.o \
++ debug.o
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.h
+@@ -277,13 +277,6 @@ ath_dbg(struct ath_common *common, enum
+ #endif /* CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG */
+
+ /** Returns string describing opmode, or NULL if unknown mode. */
+-#ifdef CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG
+ const char *ath_opmode_to_string(enum nl80211_iftype opmode);
+-#else
+-static inline const char *ath_opmode_to_string(enum nl80211_iftype opmode)
+-{
+- return "UNKNOWN";
+-}
+-#endif
+
+ #endif /* ATH_H */