diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4-l4.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4-l4.dtsi
index 5059ecac4478..0cb6e9c213e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4-l4.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4-l4.dtsi
@@ -1371,7 +1371,6 @@ segment@0 {					/* 0x48000000 */
 
 		target-module@20000 {			/* 0x48020000, ap 3 06.0 */
 			compatible = "ti,sysc-omap2", "ti,sysc";
-			ti,hwmods = "uart3";
 			reg = <0x20050 0x4>,
 			      <0x20054 0x4>,
 			      <0x20058 0x4>;
@@ -1728,7 +1727,6 @@ i2c3: i2c@0 {
 
 		target-module@6a000 {			/* 0x4806a000, ap 26 18.0 */
 			compatible = "ti,sysc-omap2", "ti,sysc";
-			ti,hwmods = "uart1";
 			reg = <0x6a050 0x4>,
 			      <0x6a054 0x4>,
 			      <0x6a058 0x4>;
@@ -1758,7 +1756,6 @@ uart1: serial@0 {
 
 		target-module@6c000 {			/* 0x4806c000, ap 28 20.0 */
 			compatible = "ti,sysc-omap2", "ti,sysc";
-			ti,hwmods = "uart2";
 			reg = <0x6c050 0x4>,
 			      <0x6c054 0x4>,
 			      <0x6c058 0x4>;
@@ -1788,7 +1785,6 @@ uart2: serial@0 {
 
 		target-module@6e000 {			/* 0x4806e000, ap 30 1c.1 */
 			compatible = "ti,sysc-omap2", "ti,sysc";
-			ti,hwmods = "uart4";
 			reg = <0x6e050 0x4>,
 			      <0x6e054 0x4>,
 			      <0x6e058 0x4>;