diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
index 5fc8027c92c7..0516db9dc946 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -3529,21 +3529,8 @@ static int sh_eth_resume(struct device *dev)
 }
 #endif
 
-static int sh_eth_runtime_nop(struct device *dev)
-{
-	/* Runtime PM callback shared between ->runtime_suspend()
-	 * and ->runtime_resume(). Simply returns success.
-	 *
-	 * This driver re-initializes all registers after
-	 * pm_runtime_get_sync() anyway so there is no need
-	 * to save and restore registers here.
-	 */
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct dev_pm_ops sh_eth_dev_pm_ops = {
 	SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(sh_eth_suspend, sh_eth_resume)
-	SET_RUNTIME_PM_OPS(sh_eth_runtime_nop, sh_eth_runtime_nop, NULL)
 };
 #define SH_ETH_PM_OPS (&sh_eth_dev_pm_ops)
 #else