diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/oplib_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/oplib_32.h
index 51296a6f5005389877ca17c234f670fa71a3f8c0..b0f79beffc3bc8a8f5acbcdf753174e133c1dda2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/oplib_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/oplib_32.h
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ extern int prom_node_has_property(phandle node, char *property);
 extern int prom_setprop(phandle node, const char *prop_name, char *prop_value,
 			int value_size);
 
-extern phandle prom_pathtoinode(char *path);
 extern phandle prom_inst2pkg(int);
 
 /* Dorking with Bus ranges... */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/oplib_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/oplib_64.h
index c9cc078e3e31531522fe5d531abcb0b72a1980b2..9b01a4b8ae18355c6bef55357d8f4498a094fb69 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/oplib_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/oplib_64.h
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ extern phandle prom_finddevice(const char *name);
 extern int prom_setprop(phandle node, const char *prop_name, char *prop_value,
 			int value_size);
 
-extern phandle prom_pathtoinode(const char *path);
 extern phandle prom_inst2pkg(int);
 extern int prom_service_exists(const char *service_name);
 extern void prom_sun4v_guest_soft_state(void);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/prom/tree_32.c b/arch/sparc/prom/tree_32.c
index 63e08e149774fc6a0a30fcd9228abb83f434aae7..535e2e69ac1d8287470356218511c25af6be7a8c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/prom/tree_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/prom/tree_32.c
@@ -342,19 +342,3 @@ phandle prom_inst2pkg(int inst)
 	if (node == -1) return 0;
 	return node;
 }
-
-/* Return 'node' assigned to a particular prom 'path'
- * FIXME: Should work for v0 as well
- */
-phandle prom_pathtoinode(char *path)
-{
-	phandle node;
-	int inst;
-	
-	inst = prom_devopen (path);
-	if (inst == -1) return 0;
-	node = prom_inst2pkg (inst);
-	prom_devclose (inst);
-	if (node == -1) return 0;
-	return node;
-}
diff --git a/arch/sparc/prom/tree_64.c b/arch/sparc/prom/tree_64.c
index 691be68932f84cf7d804b2a7ce6720fceeedc447..d93660048376c9d9bf4478720a6825e9e7b117ed 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/prom/tree_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/prom/tree_64.c
@@ -374,24 +374,6 @@ inline phandle prom_inst2pkg(int inst)
 	return node;
 }
 
-/* Return 'node' assigned to a particular prom 'path'
- * FIXME: Should work for v0 as well
- */
-phandle prom_pathtoinode(const char *path)
-{
-	phandle node;
-	int inst;
-
-	inst = prom_devopen (path);
-	if (inst == 0)
-		return 0;
-	node = prom_inst2pkg(inst);
-	prom_devclose(inst);
-	if (node == -1)
-		return 0;
-	return node;
-}
-
 int prom_ihandle2path(int handle, char *buffer, int bufsize)
 {
 	unsigned long args[7];