diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer-tmu.c b/arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer-tmu.c
index 205816fcf0da50d7fecdeecd5975c2fbaf6c0a9e..badfedb455a9f21793b80824f89ec34aa14e9535 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer-tmu.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer-tmu.c
@@ -111,60 +111,6 @@ static struct irqaction tmu_irq = {
 	.mask		= CPU_MASK_NONE,
 };
 
-/*
- * Hah!  We'll see if this works (switching from usecs to nsecs).
- */
-static unsigned long tmu_timer_get_frequency(void)
-{
-	u32 freq;
-	struct timespec ts1, ts2;
-	unsigned long diff_nsec;
-	unsigned long factor;
-
-	/* Setup the timer:  We don't want to generate interrupts, just
-	 * have it count down at its natural rate.
-	 */
-	ctrl_outb(0, TMU_TSTR);
-#if !defined(CONFIG_CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7300) && !defined(CONFIG_CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7760)
-	ctrl_outb(TMU_TOCR_INIT, TMU_TOCR);
-#endif
-	ctrl_outw(TMU0_TCR_CALIB, TMU0_TCR);
-	ctrl_outl(0xffffffff, TMU0_TCOR);
-	ctrl_outl(0xffffffff, TMU0_TCNT);
-
-	rtc_sh_get_time(&ts2);
-
-	do {
-		rtc_sh_get_time(&ts1);
-	} while (ts1.tv_nsec == ts2.tv_nsec && ts1.tv_sec == ts2.tv_sec);
-
-	/* actually start the timer */
-	ctrl_outb(TMU_TSTR_INIT, TMU_TSTR);
-
-	do {
-		rtc_sh_get_time(&ts2);
-	} while (ts1.tv_nsec == ts2.tv_nsec && ts1.tv_sec == ts2.tv_sec);
-
-	freq = 0xffffffff - ctrl_inl(TMU0_TCNT);
-	if (ts2.tv_nsec < ts1.tv_nsec) {
-		ts2.tv_nsec += 1000000000;
-		ts2.tv_sec--;
-	}
-
-	diff_nsec = (ts2.tv_sec - ts1.tv_sec) * 1000000000 + (ts2.tv_nsec - ts1.tv_nsec);
-
-	/* this should work well if the RTC has a precision of n Hz, where
-	 * n is an integer.  I don't think we have to worry about the other
-	 * cases. */
-	factor = (1000000000 + diff_nsec/2) / diff_nsec;
-
-	if (factor * diff_nsec > 1100000000 ||
-	    factor * diff_nsec <  900000000)
-		panic("weird RTC (diff_nsec %ld)", diff_nsec);
-
-	return freq * factor;
-}
-
 static void tmu_clk_init(struct clk *clk)
 {
 	u8 divisor = TMU0_TCR_INIT & 0x7;
@@ -232,12 +178,12 @@ struct sys_timer_ops tmu_timer_ops = {
 	.init		= tmu_timer_init,
 	.start		= tmu_timer_start,
 	.stop		= tmu_timer_stop,
-	.get_frequency	= tmu_timer_get_frequency,
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
 	.get_offset	= tmu_timer_get_offset,
+#endif
 };
 
 struct sys_timer tmu_timer = {
 	.name	= "tmu",
 	.ops	= &tmu_timer_ops,
 };
-
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/timer.h b/include/asm-sh/timer.h
index ebc78db1a9ea8c34c33b5acf7d4224c71b1d2170..341cb71c2f9b0e03150a4ad80aca0979670799bf 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/timer.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/timer.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ struct sys_timer_ops {
 #ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
 	unsigned long (*get_offset)(void);
 #endif
-	unsigned long (*get_frequency)(void);
 };
 
 struct sys_timer {
@@ -33,11 +32,6 @@ static inline unsigned long get_timer_offset(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-static inline unsigned long get_timer_frequency(void)
-{
-	return sys_timer->ops->get_frequency();
-}
-
 /* arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer.c */
 struct sys_timer *get_sys_timer(void);