struct timer_list rx_timeout;
        u32 hw_timeout;
 
-       /* is the detector enabled*/
-       bool det_enabled;
        /* Is the device currently transmitting?*/
        bool transmitting;
 
                return -EIO;
        }
 
-       rr3->det_enabled = true;
        redrat3_issue_async(rr3);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-/* Disables the rr3 long range detector */
-static void redrat3_disable_detector(struct redrat3_dev *rr3)
-{
-       struct device *dev = rr3->dev;
-       u8 ret;
-
-       rr3_ftr(dev, "Entering %s\n", __func__);
-
-       ret = redrat3_send_cmd(RR3_RC_DET_DISABLE, rr3);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               dev_err(dev, "%s: failure!\n", __func__);
-
-       ret = redrat3_send_cmd(RR3_RC_DET_STATUS, rr3);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               dev_warn(dev, "%s: detector status: %d, should be 0\n",
-                        __func__, ret);
-
-       rr3->det_enabled = false;
-}
-
 static inline void redrat3_delete(struct redrat3_dev *rr3,
                                  struct usb_device *udev)
 {
        count = min_t(unsigned, count, RR3_MAX_SIG_SIZE - RR3_TX_TRAILER_LEN);
 
        /* rr3 will disable rc detector on transmit */
-       rr3->det_enabled = false;
        rr3->transmitting = true;
 
        sample_lens = kzalloc(sizeof(int) * RR3_DRIVER_MAXLENS, GFP_KERNEL);
 
        rr3->transmitting = false;
        /* rr3 re-enables rc detector because it was enabled before */
-       rr3->det_enabled = true;
 
        return ret;
 }
        if (!rr3)
                return;
 
-       redrat3_disable_detector(rr3);
-
        usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
        rc_unregister_device(rr3->rc);
        del_timer_sync(&rr3->rx_timeout);