diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h
index 25a73aab438f947524a6b10993f5d3eaee4dbaee..3994169985efc62b2c84556934d31bd5c8c1cadd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <asm-generic/sections.h>
 
 extern char __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
-extern char __exception_text_start[], __exception_text_end[];
 extern char __hibernate_exit_text_start[], __hibernate_exit_text_end[];
 extern char __hyp_idmap_text_start[], __hyp_idmap_text_end[];
 extern char __hyp_text_start[], __hyp_text_end[];