diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c
index 5adc339eb7c8dab935fbbc933a64e811f6800ccc..0c2a94a0f7518b8082ecda3f0307ead9534ea972 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/processor.c
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_parisc_requires_coherency);
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuinfo_parisc, cpu_data);
 
-extern int update_cr16_clocksource(void);	/* from time.c */
-
 /*
 **  	PARISC CPU driver - claim "device" and initialize CPU data structures.
 **
@@ -228,12 +226,6 @@ static int processor_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	/* If we've registered more than one cpu,
-	 * we'll use the jiffies clocksource since cr16
-	 * is not synchronized between CPUs.
-	 */
-	update_cr16_clocksource();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
index 505cf1ac5af24ecef4731f845fd6de516ae1f306..4b0b963d52a757e83674149f4162faf3eafb7456 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/time.c
@@ -221,18 +221,6 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_cr16 = {
 	.flags			= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 };
 
-int update_cr16_clocksource(void)
-{
-	/* since the cr16 cycle counters are not synchronized across CPUs,
-	   we'll check if we should switch to a safe clocksource: */
-	if (clocksource_cr16.rating != 0 && num_online_cpus() > 1) {
-		clocksource_change_rating(&clocksource_cr16, 0);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void __init start_cpu_itimer(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();