diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/chrp.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/chrp.h
index 3a2057fa314a67af49204112e0a8dd7c70eecd40..814f54742e0f73295cd96da171b34ea611e215d1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/chrp.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/chrp.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 extern void chrp_nvram_init(void);
 extern void chrp_get_rtc_time(struct rtc_time *);
 extern int chrp_set_rtc_time(struct rtc_time *);
-extern void chrp_calibrate_decr(void);
 extern long chrp_time_init(void);
 
 extern void chrp_find_bridges(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
index 2dc87aa5962fe8e1b264506bc7f00fef59897bd6..e1fadbf49150d333b780ef3b2b6f757fd6db020c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ void __init chrp_init(void)
 	ppc_md.halt           = rtas_halt;
 
 	ppc_md.time_init      = chrp_time_init;
-	ppc_md.calibrate_decr = chrp_calibrate_decr;
+	ppc_md.calibrate_decr = generic_calibrate_decr;
 
 	/* this may get overridden with rtas routines later... */
 	ppc_md.set_rtc_time   = chrp_set_rtc_time;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/time.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/time.c
index 36a0f97bb7b13143dee6bf88cf1818bbb95f446f..78df2e7ca88a1c9d5edc76e54ad7f9102420dd2e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/time.c
@@ -167,24 +167,3 @@ void chrp_get_rtc_time(struct rtc_time *tm)
 	tm->tm_mon = mon;
 	tm->tm_year = year;
 }
-
-
-void __init chrp_calibrate_decr(void)
-{
-	struct device_node *cpu;
-	unsigned int freq, *fp;
-
-	/*
-	 * The cpu node should have a timebase-frequency property
-	 * to tell us the rate at which the decrementer counts.
-	 */
-	freq = 16666000;		/* hardcoded default */
-	cpu = find_type_devices("cpu");
-	if (cpu != 0) {
-		fp = (unsigned int *)
-			get_property(cpu, "timebase-frequency", NULL);
-		if (fp != 0)
-			freq = *fp;
-	}
-	ppc_tb_freq = freq;
-}