diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/common.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/common.c
index ebcf006406f96568ecc809afd158f169bb6e5147..f37a29acc367964d2ed5b586f25d75d48e90fae0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/common.c
@@ -127,50 +127,6 @@ const void *omap_get_var_config(u16 tag, size_t *len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(omap_get_var_config);
 
-static int __init omap_add_serial_console(void)
-{
-	const struct omap_serial_console_config *con_info;
-	const struct omap_uart_config *uart_info;
-	static char speed[11], *opt = NULL;
-	int line, i, uart_idx;
-
-	uart_info = omap_get_config(OMAP_TAG_UART, struct omap_uart_config);
-	con_info = omap_get_config(OMAP_TAG_SERIAL_CONSOLE,
-					struct omap_serial_console_config);
-	if (uart_info == NULL || con_info == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (con_info->console_uart == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (con_info->console_speed) {
-		snprintf(speed, sizeof(speed), "%u", con_info->console_speed);
-		opt = speed;
-	}
-
-	uart_idx = con_info->console_uart - 1;
-	if (uart_idx >= OMAP_MAX_NR_PORTS) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Console: external UART#%d. "
-			"Not adding it as console this time.\n",
-			uart_idx + 1);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (!(uart_info->enabled_uarts & (1 << uart_idx))) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Console: Selected UART#%d is "
-			"not enabled for this platform\n",
-			uart_idx + 1);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	line = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < uart_idx; i++) {
-		if (uart_info->enabled_uarts & (1 << i))
-			line++;
-	}
-	return add_preferred_console("ttyS", line, opt);
-}
-console_initcall(omap_add_serial_console);
-
-
 /*
  * 32KHz clocksource ... always available, on pretty most chips except
  * OMAP 730 and 1510.  Other timers could be used as clocksources, with
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/board.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/board.h
index 50ea79a0efa258b807b793c6cf58733fcb1b236c..0d125868b62141138f5cebc51a30f9fef8bd7784 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/board.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/board.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 /* Different peripheral ids */
 #define OMAP_TAG_CLOCK		0x4f01
-#define OMAP_TAG_SERIAL_CONSOLE 0x4f03
 #define OMAP_TAG_LCD		0x4f05
 #define OMAP_TAG_GPIO_SWITCH	0x4f06
 #define OMAP_TAG_UART		0x4f07