diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
index d668f5be3a9956750ed870fe96342a20e0b2dfda..c0a774b51e45b2d9f74a944d63764a1f5f65850d 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -308,11 +308,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	/* paging_init() sets up the MMU and marks all pages as reserved */
 	paging_init();
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_VT) && defined(CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE)
-	if (!conswitchp)
-		conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-#endif
-
 	*cmdline_p = boot_command_line;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "OpenRISC Linux -- http://openrisc.io\n");