diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 220459c9ff1ce44db6b7124752f30ddfd8b798a0..46c58be2fdc4cdc84ea1f17c788b5a438d74b65d 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -432,16 +432,6 @@ static int __meminit __add_section(int nid, struct zone *zone,
 	return register_new_memory(nid, __pfn_to_section(phys_start_pfn));
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
-static int __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms)
-{
-	/*
-	 * XXX: Freeing memmap with vmemmap is not implement yet.
-	 *      This should be removed later.
-	 */
-	return -EBUSY;
-}
-#else
 static int __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms)
 {
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -456,7 +446,6 @@ static int __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms)
 	sparse_remove_one_section(zone, ms);
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif
 
 /*
  * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.  It is