diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c
index dff24da..2237890 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c
@@ -195,9 +195,6 @@
 	link->conf.Attributes = CONF_ENABLE_IRQ;
 	link->conf.IntType = INT_MEMORY_AND_IO;
 
-	link->irq.Attributes = IRQ_TYPE_DYNAMIC_SHARING;
-	link->irq.Handler = ipwireless_interrupt;
-
 	INIT_WORK(&ipw->work_reboot, signalled_reboot_work);
 
 	ipwireless_init_hardware_v1(ipw->hardware, link->io.BasePort1,
@@ -205,8 +202,7 @@
 				    ipw->is_v2_card, signalled_reboot_callback,
 				    ipw);
 
-	ret = pcmcia_request_irq(link, &link->irq);
-
+	ret = pcmcia_request_irq(link, ipwireless_interrupt);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto exit;
 
@@ -217,7 +213,7 @@
 			(unsigned int) link->io.BasePort1,
 			(unsigned int) (link->io.BasePort1 +
 				link->io.NumPorts1 - 1),
-			(unsigned int) link->irq.AssignedIRQ);
+			(unsigned int) link->irq);
 	if (ipw->attr_memory && ipw->common_memory)
 		printk(KERN_INFO IPWIRELESS_PCCARD_NAME
 			": attr memory 0x%08lx-0x%08lx, common memory 0x%08lx-0x%08lx\n",
@@ -271,8 +267,6 @@
 
 static void release_ipwireless(struct ipw_dev *ipw)
 {
-	pcmcia_disable_device(ipw->link);
-
 	if (ipw->common_memory) {
 		release_mem_region(ipw->request_common_memory.Base,
 				ipw->request_common_memory.Size);
@@ -288,7 +282,6 @@
 	if (ipw->attr_memory)
 		pcmcia_release_window(ipw->link, ipw->handle_attr_memory);
 
-	/* Break the link with Card Services */
 	pcmcia_disable_device(ipw->link);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c
index c31a0d9..027690b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c
@@ -552,10 +552,6 @@
 
     /* Initialize the struct pcmcia_device structure */
 
-    /* Interrupt setup */
-    link->irq.Attributes = IRQ_TYPE_DYNAMIC_SHARING;
-    link->irq.Handler = NULL;
-
     link->conf.Attributes = 0;
     link->conf.IntType = INT_MEMORY_AND_IO;
 
@@ -608,9 +604,7 @@
     link->conf.ConfigIndex = 8;
     link->conf.Present = PRESENT_OPTION;
 
-    link->irq.Handler     = mgslpc_isr;
-
-    ret = pcmcia_request_irq(link, &link->irq);
+    ret = pcmcia_request_irq(link, mgslpc_isr);
     if (ret)
 	    goto failed;
     ret = pcmcia_request_configuration(link, &link->conf);
@@ -618,7 +612,7 @@
 	    goto failed;
 
     info->io_base = link->io.BasePort1;
-    info->irq_level = link->irq.AssignedIRQ;
+    info->irq_level = link->irq;
 
     /* add to linked list of devices */
     sprintf(info->node.dev_name, "mgslpc0");
@@ -628,7 +622,7 @@
     printk(KERN_INFO "%s: index 0x%02x:",
 	   info->node.dev_name, link->conf.ConfigIndex);
     if (link->conf.Attributes & CONF_ENABLE_IRQ)
-	    printk(", irq %d", link->irq.AssignedIRQ);
+	    printk(", irq %d", link->irq);
     if (link->io.NumPorts1)
 	    printk(", io 0x%04x-0x%04x", link->io.BasePort1,
 		   link->io.BasePort1+link->io.NumPorts1-1);