diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/sht15.c b/drivers/hwmon/sht15.c
index 0e3e5f83f5cf..25d28343ba93 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/sht15.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/sht15.c
@@ -925,7 +925,6 @@ static int sht15_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct sht15_data *data;
-	u8 status = 0;
 
 	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
@@ -1002,13 +1001,6 @@ static int sht15_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_release_reg;
 
-	/* write status with platform data options */
-	if (status) {
-		ret = sht15_send_status(data, status);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_release_reg;
-	}
-
 	ret = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &sht15_attr_group);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "sysfs create failed\n");