diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/common.c
index 4adaa4b43ffe5282f915d83dcdc3d4489c6eebe7..4aa76b0a50e2742a3f81dbc99f74a59a7db3edc0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/common.c
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ void __init s3c24xx_init_io(struct map_desc *mach_desc, int size)
 	} else {
 		samsung_cpu_id = s3c24xx_read_idcode_v4();
 	}
-	s3c24xx_init_cpu();
 
 	s3c_init_cpu(samsung_cpu_id, cpu_ids, ARRAY_SIZE(cpu_ids));
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/cpu.c b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/cpu.c
index 46b426e8aff599636314f3d59bc364dd138e09b9..364963a0a34486ec92975888442650da491a7d9b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/cpu.c
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ unsigned int samsung_rev(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(samsung_rev);
 
-void __init s3c24xx_init_cpu(void)
-{
-	/* nothing here yet */
-
-	samsung_cpu_rev = 0;
-}
-
 void __init s3c64xx_init_cpu(void)
 {
 	samsung_cpu_id = __raw_readl(S3C_VA_SYS + 0x118);
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/cpu.h b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/cpu.h
index 335beb3413556637510b10ced41cc7f0a62f0b48..31164b34d4c44aeb0c44031ee8ca2693e53374de 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/cpu.h
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ extern void s5p_init_irq(u32 *vic, u32 num_vic);
 
 extern void s3c24xx_init_io(struct map_desc *mach_desc, int size);
 
-extern void s3c24xx_init_cpu(void);
 extern void s3c64xx_init_cpu(void);
 extern void s5p_init_cpu(void __iomem *cpuid_addr);