diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
index 5ba80cffb505413db4c1b1496d8ec04e5a465c2e..3312606fda07b0b73100eaa83cd3c0345283450d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ static inline bool mm_pkey_is_allocated(struct mm_struct *mm, int pkey)
 		__mm_pkey_is_allocated(mm, pkey));
 }
 
-extern void __arch_activate_pkey(int pkey);
-extern void __arch_deactivate_pkey(int pkey);
 /*
  * Returns a positive, 5-bit key on success, or -1 on failure.
  * Relies on the mmap_sem to protect against concurrency in mm_pkey_alloc() and
@@ -124,11 +122,6 @@ static inline int mm_pkey_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	ret = ffz((u32)mm_pkey_allocation_map(mm));
 	__mm_pkey_allocated(mm, ret);
 
-	/*
-	 * Enable the key in the hardware
-	 */
-	if (ret > 0)
-		__arch_activate_pkey(ret);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -140,10 +133,6 @@ static inline int mm_pkey_free(struct mm_struct *mm, int pkey)
 	if (!mm_pkey_is_allocated(mm, pkey))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/*
-	 * Disable the key in the hardware
-	 */
-	__arch_deactivate_pkey(pkey);
 	__mm_pkey_free(mm, pkey);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
index 98180f49ac5ef556e02de4e80dcc1eabee2e3872..8f0052b15b8411a632dc0067fc82ab305f64cec4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
@@ -218,33 +218,6 @@ static inline void init_iamr(int pkey, u8 init_bits)
 	write_iamr(old_iamr | new_iamr_bits);
 }
 
-static void pkey_status_change(int pkey, bool enable)
-{
-	u64 old_uamor;
-
-	/* Reset the AMR and IAMR bits for this key */
-	init_amr(pkey, 0x0);
-	init_iamr(pkey, 0x0);
-
-	/* Enable/disable key */
-	old_uamor = read_uamor();
-	if (enable)
-		old_uamor |= (0x3ul << pkeyshift(pkey));
-	else
-		old_uamor &= ~(0x3ul << pkeyshift(pkey));
-	write_uamor(old_uamor);
-}
-
-void __arch_activate_pkey(int pkey)
-{
-	pkey_status_change(pkey, true);
-}
-
-void __arch_deactivate_pkey(int pkey)
-{
-	pkey_status_change(pkey, false);
-}
-
 /*
  * Set the access rights in AMR IAMR and UAMOR registers for @pkey to that
  * specified in @init_val.