diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
index ff029737c8f015cbd41cb5992ccad854c0fb5503..51f6897418b7e8f52007e9040510f72cfabe7229 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ static inline void __iomem *omap4_get_scu_base(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-extern void __init gic_init_irq(void);
 extern void gic_dist_disable(void);
 extern void gic_dist_enable(void);
 extern bool gic_dist_disabled(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap4-common.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap4-common.c
index 326cd982a3cb967146281e6fbf3fe82de3e35134..539e8106eb962811c7a159ee36257f84ea40d9c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap4-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap4-common.c
@@ -102,26 +102,6 @@ void __init omap_barriers_init(void)
 {}
 #endif
 
-void __init gic_init_irq(void)
-{
-	void __iomem *omap_irq_base;
-
-	/* Static mapping, never released */
-	gic_dist_base_addr = ioremap(OMAP44XX_GIC_DIST_BASE, SZ_4K);
-	BUG_ON(!gic_dist_base_addr);
-
-	twd_base = ioremap(OMAP44XX_LOCAL_TWD_BASE, SZ_4K);
-	BUG_ON(!twd_base);
-
-	/* Static mapping, never released */
-	omap_irq_base = ioremap(OMAP44XX_GIC_CPU_BASE, SZ_512);
-	BUG_ON(!omap_irq_base);
-
-	omap_wakeupgen_init();
-
-	gic_init(0, 29, gic_dist_base_addr, omap_irq_base);
-}
-
 void gic_dist_disable(void)
 {
 	if (gic_dist_base_addr)