switch (buf[0]) {
        case LINE6_PARAM_CHANGE | LINE6_CHANNEL_HOST:
-               switch (buf[1]) {
-               case VARIAXMIDI_tone:
-                       variax->tone = buf[2];
-               }
-
                break;
 
        case LINE6_PROGRAM_CHANGE | LINE6_CHANNEL_DEVICE:
        return count;
 }
 
-/*
-       "read" request on "tone" special file.
-*/
-static ssize_t variax_get_tone(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->tone);
-}
-
-/*
-       "write" request on "tone" special file.
-*/
-static ssize_t variax_set_tone(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_transmit_parameter(&variax->line6, VARIAXMIDI_tone,
-                                    value) == 0)
-               variax->tone = value;
-
-       return count;
-}
-
 static ssize_t get_string(char *buf, const char *data, int length)
 {
        int i;
 #endif
 
 /* Variax workbench special files: */
-static DEVICE_ATTR(tone, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, variax_get_tone, variax_set_tone);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, variax_get_name, line6_nop_write);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(bank, S_IRUGO, variax_get_bank, line6_nop_write);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(dump, S_IRUGO, variax_get_dump, line6_nop_write);
 static int variax_create_files2(struct device *dev)
 {
        int err;
-       CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_tone));
        CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_name));
        CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_bank));
        CHECK_RETURN(device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_dump));
        if (dev != NULL) {
                /* remove sysfs entries: */
                line6_variax_remove_files(0, 0, dev);
-               device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_tone);
                device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_name);
                device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_bank);
                device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_dump);