diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/ieee754.c b/arch/mips/math-emu/ieee754.c
index ed7fc87aeac5a5e0aa6da084b5d1552214a81adc..a93c45dbdefd3577a29d4e9d3b61fb9fcee69f47 100644
--- a/arch/mips/math-emu/ieee754.c
+++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/ieee754.c
@@ -42,16 +42,6 @@
 #define SP_EMIN		(-126)
 #define SP_EMAX		127
 
-/* indexed by class */
-const char *const ieee754_cname[] = {
-	"Normal",
-	"Zero",
-	"Denormal",
-	"Infinity",
-	"QNaN",
-	"SNaN",
-};
-
 /* special constants
 */
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/ieee754.h b/arch/mips/math-emu/ieee754.h
index c5bdcd25439a85dca2a665aec2397f5904d8e686..171f177c0f88a66ac84159baa7dabe54be612adf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/math-emu/ieee754.h
+++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/ieee754.h
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ ieee754dp ieee754dp_sqrt(ieee754dp x);
 #define IEEE754_CLASS_INF	0x03
 #define IEEE754_CLASS_SNAN	0x04
 #define IEEE754_CLASS_QNAN	0x05
-extern const char *const ieee754_cname[];
 
 /* exception numbers */
 #define IEEE754_INEXACT			0x01