diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/time.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/time.c
index b3cee6b014546192fd2f7f476d1fb3619493913b..735866559199cb39a2a19c59dd38295e4715c082 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/time.c
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ unsigned long tb_to_ns_scale;
 
 extern unsigned long wall_jiffies;
 
-static long time_offset;
-
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rtc_lock);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtc_lock);