diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/common.h
index 1ed155eb3e92..26eaff1429bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/common.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static inline int shmobile_cpuidle_init(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 extern void __iomem *shmobile_scu_base;
-extern void shmobile_smp_init_cpus(unsigned int ncores);
 
 static inline void __init shmobile_init_late(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
index 3741562156ed..9ebc246b8d7d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/platsmp.c
@@ -11,25 +11,10 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
 #include <mach/common.h>
 
-void __init shmobile_smp_init_cpus(unsigned int ncores)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	if (ncores > nr_cpu_ids) {
-		pr_warn("SMP: %u cores greater than maximum (%u), clipping\n",
-			ncores, nr_cpu_ids);
-		ncores = nr_cpu_ids;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ncores; i++)
-		set_cpu_possible(i, true);
-}
-
 extern unsigned long shmobile_smp_fn[];
 extern unsigned long shmobile_smp_arg[];
 extern unsigned long shmobile_smp_mpidr[];