diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 98189d8efaca8810f63c0c654932a0a4e9d2e44a..4f0097f31bdbe1dc8d0ff3c4d6897cbb44a714a2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -415,12 +415,6 @@ static int pSeries_check_legacy_ioport(unsigned int baseport)
 			return -ENODEV;
 		of_node_put(np);
 		break;
-	case PARALLEL_BASE:
-		np = of_find_node_by_type(NULL, "parallel");
-		if (np == NULL)
-			return -ENODEV;
-		of_node_put(np);
-		break;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
index 43894ddec7dcfa9d4c8528703649baef60d9420b..fe800dc0be9f7fedfdf69e92ff262ebe0b51d787 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
@@ -3374,10 +3374,6 @@ __setup("parport_init_mode=",parport_init_mode_setup);
 
 static int __init parport_pc_init(void)
 {
-#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_MERGE)
-	if (check_legacy_ioport(PARALLEL_BASE))
-		return -ENODEV;
-#endif
 	if (parse_parport_params())
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/io.h b/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
index 19b2ec1ec665c4b016525c5147851f7943c8f2ca..cbbd8c648df1341120e825b29c9d33a9763d234b 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 /* Check of existence of legacy devices */
 extern int check_legacy_ioport(unsigned long base_port);
-#define PARALLEL_BASE	0x378
 #define PNPBIOS_BASE	0xf000	/* only relevant for PReP */
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PPC64