diff --git a/arch/mips/fw/arc/cmdline.c b/arch/mips/fw/arc/cmdline.c
index 4ca4eef934a539aa579458c37c95e4826356ab44..5c8603c85f20720ae8f3dab122aad5956119f145 100644
--- a/arch/mips/fw/arc/cmdline.c
+++ b/arch/mips/fw/arc/cmdline.c
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
 
 #undef DEBUG_CMDLINE
 
-char * __init prom_getcmdline(void)
-{
-	return arcs_cmdline;
-}
-
 static char *ignored[] = {
 	"ConsoleIn=",
 	"ConsoleOut=",
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/sgialib.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/sgialib.h
index bfce5c786f1c2772c0a5515c3e10b62b7e6d6185..63741ca1e422ebfd3970adb70fa692c52c1f35dc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/sgialib.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/sgialib.h
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ extern void prom_identify_arch(void);
 extern PCHAR ArcGetEnvironmentVariable(PCHAR name);
 extern LONG ArcSetEnvironmentVariable(PCHAR name, PCHAR value);
 
-/* ARCS command line acquisition and parsing. */
-extern char *prom_getcmdline(void);
+/* ARCS command line parsing. */
 extern void prom_init_cmdline(void);
 
 /* Acquiring info about the current time, etc. */