case LINE6_PROGRAM_CHANGE | LINE6_CHANNEL_DEVICE:
        case LINE6_PROGRAM_CHANGE | LINE6_CHANNEL_HOST:
-               variax->model = buf[1];
                line6_dump_request_async(&variax->dumpreq, &variax->line6, 0,
                                         VARIAX_DUMP_PASS1);
                break;
        return count;
 }
 
-/*
-       "read" request on "model" special file.
-*/
-static ssize_t variax_get_model(struct device *dev,
-                               struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-       struct usb_line6_variax *variax =
-           usb_get_intfdata(to_usb_interface(dev));
-       return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", variax->model);
-}
-
-/*
-       "write" request on "model" special file.
-*/
-static ssize_t variax_set_model(struct device *dev,
-                               struct device_attribute *attr,
-                               const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-       struct usb_line6_variax *variax =
-           usb_get_intfdata(to_usb_interface(dev));
-       u8 value;
-       int ret;
-
-       ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-
-       if (line6_send_program(&variax->line6, value) == 0)
-               variax->model = value;
-
-       return count;
-}
-
 /*
        "read" request on "active" special file.
 */
 #endif
 
 /* Variax workbench special files: */
-static DEVICE_ATTR(model, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, variax_get_model,
-                  variax_set_model);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(volume, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, variax_get_volume,
                   variax_set_volume);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(tone, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, variax_get_tone, variax_set_tone);
 static int variax_create_files2(struct device *dev)
 {
        int err;
-       CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_model));
        CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_volume));
        CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_tone));
        CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_name));
        if (dev != NULL) {
                /* remove sysfs entries: */
                line6_variax_remove_files(0, 0, dev);
-               device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_model);
                device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_volume);
                device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_tone);
                device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_name);