diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 488f1eecc0deb06838bbe0de9ccc2d807547717e..7f8c890360fe4ceac6a92b02e9b38a0334e5de8d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -949,9 +949,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	early_memtest(min_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE))
-		conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-
 	if (ppc_md.setup_arch)
 		ppc_md.setup_arch();
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
index 9680d766f20e880a0b97c39d01c406f521f574f9..855eedb8d7d79ea9592f83fb1f706fe0ea3f05f4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
@@ -240,9 +240,6 @@ static void __init cell_setup_arch(void)
 	init_pci_config_tokens();
 
 	cbe_pervasive_init();
-#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
-	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-#endif
 
 	mmio_nvram_init();
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/setup.c
index 9cd6f3e1000b324210c5f8156dcf523c46c7be81..47f73103ef74ca029e784a336d6f6995b079e8e3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/setup.c
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ static void __init maple_setup_arch(void)
 	/* Lookup PCI hosts */
        	maple_pci_init();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
-	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-#endif
 	maple_use_rtas_reboot_and_halt_if_present();
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "Using native/NAP idle loop\n");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
index 05a52f10c2f0d0a668dc45ea299a3991a8ef6b7f..b612474f8f8e6f576f3f6fe2b76fab725a374374 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
@@ -147,10 +147,6 @@ static void __init pas_setup_arch(void)
 	/* Lookup PCI hosts */
 	pas_pci_init();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
-	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-#endif
-
 	/* Remap SDC register for doing reset */
 	/* XXXOJN This should maybe come out of the device tree */
 	reset_reg = ioremap(0xfc101100, 4);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/setup.c
index 8108b9b9b9eac41ef8de35a10e2e33b572dda40f..b29368931c56db5c5ca98c65ffa8875e249b6f27 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/setup.c
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ static void __init ps3_setup_arch(void)
 	smp_init_ps3();
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
-	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-#endif
-
 	prealloc_ps3fb_videomemory();
 	prealloc_ps3flash_bounce_buffer();