diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/xtfpga/include/platform/hardware.h b/arch/xtensa/platforms/xtfpga/include/platform/hardware.h
index 4416773cbde5c1755c17abf3d5028babaf80ef6c..4b43ff133be024b3036d8e11fa40b360a95ae116 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/xtfpga/include/platform/hardware.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/xtfpga/include/platform/hardware.h
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 #ifndef __XTENSA_XTAVNET_HARDWARE_H
 #define __XTENSA_XTAVNET_HARDWARE_H
 
-/* By default NO_IRQ is defined to 0 in Linux, but we use the
-   interrupt 0 for UART... */
-#define NO_IRQ                 -1
-
 /* Memory configuration. */
 
 #define PLATFORM_DEFAULT_MEM_START 0x00000000
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/variants/s6000/include/variant/irq.h b/arch/xtensa/variants/s6000/include/variant/irq.h
index 97d6fc48deff036b1ea5a1bd940b3d998411deec..39ca751a62551c72cc2d0582a08b0ba8667ca43a 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/variants/s6000/include/variant/irq.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/variants/s6000/include/variant/irq.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _XTENSA_S6000_IRQ_H
 #define _XTENSA_S6000_IRQ_H
 
-#define NO_IRQ		(-1)
 #define VARIANT_NR_IRQS 8 /* GPIO interrupts */
 
 extern void variant_irq_enable(unsigned int irq);