diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
index 54f81f8ed6622de13648f2f680a867acee7d1230..724faede8ac52d565db7b4f4d5dd40391030e9d6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -4,6 +4,4 @@
 
 #include <asm-generic/sections.h>
 
-extern char _ehead[];
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S b/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
index 6a840bcb27157556cd85ca5e8015ee170528aba2..161b795d3109ddca52baba7af760791b2900507a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ ENTRY(startup_continue)
 .Llinkage_stack:
 	.long	0,0,0x89000000,0,0,0,0x8a000000,0
 
-ENTRY(_ehead)
-
 #
 # startup-code, running in absolute addressing mode
 #