diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/arch-arc700/hardware.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/arch-arc700/hardware.h
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index 8ec13a8593..0000000000
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/arch-arc700/hardware.h
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
- */
-
-/*
- * This file is only required to allow compilation of "designware_i2c" driver.
- * Which explicitly includes <asm/arch/hardware.h>.
- */