}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_data);
 
-/**
- * platform_device_add_properties - add built-in properties to a platform device
- * @pdev: platform device to add properties to
- * @properties: null terminated array of properties to add
- *
- * The function will take deep copy of @properties and attach the copy to the
- * platform device. The memory associated with properties will be freed when the
- * platform device is released.
- */
-int platform_device_add_properties(struct platform_device *pdev,
-                                  const struct property_entry *properties)
-{
-       return device_add_properties(&pdev->dev, properties);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_properties);
-
 /**
  * platform_device_add - add a platform device to device hierarchy
  * @pdev: platform device we're adding
                goto err;
 
        if (pdevinfo->properties) {
-               ret = platform_device_add_properties(pdev,
-                                                    pdevinfo->properties);
+               ret = device_create_managed_software_node(&pdev->dev,
+                                                         pdevinfo->properties, NULL);
                if (ret)
                        goto err;
        }
 
                                         unsigned int num);
 extern int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev,
                                    const void *data, size_t size);
-extern int platform_device_add_properties(struct platform_device *pdev,
-                               const struct property_entry *properties);
 extern int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_del(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_put(struct platform_device *pdev);