diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/nonstdio.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/nonstdio.c
index bfac84fbe7806693797decdd8db0deaea98bf097..a225d8046652f7513e6d212ddec65c385a24dd41 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/nonstdio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/nonstdio.c
@@ -23,33 +23,6 @@ static char line[256];
 static char *lineptr;
 static int lineleft;
 
-int xmon_expect(const char *str, unsigned long timeout)
-{
-	int c;
-	unsigned long t0;
-
-	/* assume 25MHz default timebase if tb_ticks_per_sec not set yet */
-	timeout *= tb_ticks_per_sec? tb_ticks_per_sec: 25000000;
-	t0 = get_tbl();
-	do {
-		lineptr = line;
-		for (;;) {
-			c = xmon_read_poll();
-			if (c == -1) {
-				if (get_tbl() - t0 > timeout)
-					return 0;
-				continue;
-			}
-			if (c == '\n')
-				break;
-			if (c != '\r' && lineptr < &line[sizeof(line) - 1])
-				*lineptr++ = c;
-		}
-		*lineptr = 0;
-	} while (strstr(line, str) == NULL);
-	return 1;
-}
-
 int xmon_getchar(void)
 {
 	int c;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/nonstdio.h b/arch/powerpc/xmon/nonstdio.h
index 23dd95f4599c3fd049eb17be31990ca6b00d3732..d8cec38ec528ae888369d6adb38aef0e6ba5cf4a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/nonstdio.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/nonstdio.h
@@ -9,7 +9,5 @@ extern void xmon_puts(const char *);
 extern char *xmon_gets(char *, int);
 extern void xmon_printf(const char *, ...);
 extern void xmon_map_scc(void);
-extern int xmon_expect(const char *str, unsigned long timeout);
 extern int xmon_write(const void *ptr, int nb);
 extern int xmon_readchar(void);
-extern int xmon_read_poll(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/start.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/start.c
index 8864de2af382f767540ad4aeac24a7606750e72e..84f3a155eb4888a770e4e29e46d97668fd83eb38 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/start.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/start.c
@@ -25,10 +25,3 @@ int xmon_readchar(void)
 		return udbg_getc();
 	return -1;
 }
-
-int xmon_read_poll(void)
-{
-	if (udbg_getc_poll)
-		return udbg_getc_poll();
-	return -1;
-}