diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1163275a8d4..c96213d4e24 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1959,12 +1959,6 @@ sub process {
 				$herecurr);
 		}
 
-# check for static const char * arrays.
-		if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+const\s+char\s*\*\s*(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*/) {
-			WARN("static const char * array should probably be static const char * const\n" .
-				$herecurr);
-               }
-
 # check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations.
 		if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) {
 			WARN("static char array declaration should probably be static const char\n" .