diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/sibyte/sb1250.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/sibyte/sb1250.h
index dbde5f93f0ddbe2e40cf8ee0e3282be7d8951500..495b31925ed77640508e96be7c1ae150b0319bed 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/sibyte/sb1250.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/sibyte/sb1250.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ extern unsigned int soc_type;
 extern unsigned int periph_rev;
 extern unsigned int zbbus_mhz;
 
-extern void sb1250_time_init(void);
 extern void sb1250_mask_irq(int cpu, int irq);
 extern void sb1250_unmask_irq(int cpu, int irq);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/sibyte/sb1250/irq.c b/arch/mips/sibyte/sb1250/irq.c
index 86f49c48fc34d2d9d696757830b4d7f419a1a538..2f08ad267a11e6b24e0d4818248c9272edf5012e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sibyte/sb1250/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sibyte/sb1250/irq.c
@@ -262,12 +262,6 @@ void __init arch_init_irq(void)
 	__raw_writeq(tmp, IOADDR(A_IMR_REGISTER(0, R_IMR_INTERRUPT_MASK)));
 	__raw_writeq(tmp, IOADDR(A_IMR_REGISTER(1, R_IMR_INTERRUPT_MASK)));
 
-	/*
-	 * Note that the timer interrupts are also mapped, but this is
-	 * done in sb1250_time_init().	Also, the profiling driver
-	 * does its own management of IP7.
-	 */
-
 	/* Enable necessary IPs, disable the rest */
 	change_c0_status(ST0_IM, imask);
 }