diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bay.c b/drivers/acpi/bay.c
index 667fa1d..9fdee61 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bay.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bay.c
@@ -47,18 +47,6 @@
 	acpi_get_name(h, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);\
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG PREFIX "%s: %s\n", prefix, s); }
 static void bay_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data);
-static int acpi_bay_add(struct acpi_device *device);
-static int acpi_bay_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type);
-
-static struct acpi_driver acpi_bay_driver = {
-	.name = ACPI_BAY_DRIVER_NAME,
-	.class = ACPI_BAY_CLASS,
-	.ids = ACPI_BAY_HID,
-	.ops = {
-		.add = acpi_bay_add,
-		.remove = acpi_bay_remove,
-		},
-};
 
 struct bay {
 	acpi_handle handle;
@@ -234,14 +222,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(eject_removable_drive);
 
-static int acpi_bay_add(struct acpi_device *device)
-{
-	bay_dprintk(device->handle, "adding bay device");
-	strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), "Dockable Bay");
-	strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), "bay");
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int acpi_bay_add_fs(struct bay *bay)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -339,52 +319,6 @@
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static int acpi_bay_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
-{
-	/*** FIXME: do something here */
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * bay_create_acpi_device - add new devices to acpi
- * @handle - handle of the device to add
- *
- *  This function will create a new acpi_device for the given
- *  handle if one does not exist already.  This should cause
- *  acpi to scan for drivers for the given devices, and call
- *  matching driver's add routine.
- *
- *  Returns a pointer to the acpi_device corresponding to the handle.
- */
-static struct acpi_device * bay_create_acpi_device(acpi_handle handle)
-{
-	struct acpi_device *device = NULL;
-	struct acpi_device *parent_device;
-	acpi_handle parent;
-	int ret;
-
-	bay_dprintk(handle, "Trying to get device");
-	if (acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &device)) {
-		/*
-		 * no device created for this object,
-		 * so we should create one.
-		 */
-		bay_dprintk(handle, "No device for handle");
-		acpi_get_parent(handle, &parent);
-		if (acpi_bus_get_device(parent, &parent_device))
-			parent_device = NULL;
-
-		ret = acpi_bus_add(&device, parent_device, handle,
-			ACPI_BUS_TYPE_DEVICE);
-		if (ret) {
-			pr_debug("error adding bus, %x\n",
-				-ret);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	return device;
-}
-
 /**
  * bay_notify - act upon an acpi bay notification
  * @handle: the bay handle
@@ -394,38 +328,19 @@
  */
 static void bay_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 {
-	struct acpi_device *dev;
+	struct bay *bay_dev = (struct bay *)data;
+	struct device *dev = &bay_dev->pdev->dev;
 
 	bay_dprintk(handle, "Bay event");
 
 	switch(event) {
 	case ACPI_NOTIFY_BUS_CHECK:
-		printk("Bus Check\n");
 	case ACPI_NOTIFY_DEVICE_CHECK:
-		printk("Device Check\n");
-		dev = bay_create_acpi_device(handle);
-		if (dev)
-			acpi_bus_generate_event(dev, event, 0);
-		else
-			printk("No device for generating event\n");
-		/* wouldn't it be a good idea to just rescan SATA
-		 * right here?
-		 */
-		break;
 	case ACPI_NOTIFY_EJECT_REQUEST:
-		printk("Eject request\n");
-		dev = bay_create_acpi_device(handle);
-		if (dev)
-			acpi_bus_generate_event(dev, event, 0);
-		else
-			printk("No device for generating eventn");
-
-		/* wouldn't it be a good idea to just call the
-		 * eject_device here if we were a SATA device?
-		 */
+		kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
 		break;
 	default:
-		printk("unknown event %d\n", event);
+		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Bay: unknown event %d\n", event);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -457,10 +372,6 @@
 	acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
 		ACPI_UINT32_MAX, find_bay, &bays, NULL);
 
-	if (bays)
-		if ((acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_bay_driver) < 0))
-			printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to register bay driver\n");
-
 	if (!bays)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -481,8 +392,6 @@
 		kfree(bay->name);
 		kfree(bay);
 	}
-
-	acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&acpi_bay_driver);
 }
 
 postcore_initcall(bay_init);