diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 09c235301dbb153d5395f4d3df44c2218432fab3..e550a1773a9e55941442b0dae98f7a647f01899b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ struct writeback_control;
 extern unsigned long max_mapnr;
 #endif
 
-extern unsigned long num_physpages;
 extern unsigned long totalram_pages;
 extern void * high_memory;
 extern int page_cluster;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 407533219673ee31971a4d6eeaabd3addedc00d8..b68812d682b66c24e306d955ddbcb125e658e708 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(max_mapnr);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mem_map);
 #endif
 
-unsigned long num_physpages;
 /*
  * A number of key systems in x86 including ioremap() rely on the assumption
  * that high_memory defines the upper bound on direct map memory, then end
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ unsigned long num_physpages;
  */
 void * high_memory;
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(num_physpages);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(high_memory);
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 1898b2fe9da5eefdc3b33823a3cd23d2a401118f..e44e6e0a125cb7148913f42fb8ff3e1587a49be9 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 void *high_memory;
 struct page *mem_map;
 unsigned long max_mapnr;
-unsigned long num_physpages;
 unsigned long highest_memmap_pfn;
 struct percpu_counter vm_committed_as;
 int sysctl_overcommit_memory = OVERCOMMIT_GUESS; /* heuristic overcommit */
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ unsigned long vm_memory_committed(void)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_memory_committed);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mem_map);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(num_physpages);
 
 /* list of mapped, potentially shareable regions */
 static struct kmem_cache *vm_region_jar;