diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c
index 4cf35b09c0ece8424e3954a2fc0bd167b94981ab..3c6e3c813a0bc05650c8a404f4f373d0d24b31de 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c
@@ -196,8 +196,4 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	 * get kmalloc into gear
 	 */
 	paging_init();
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_VT) && defined(CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE)
-	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-#endif
 }