diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
index dd3bef4b9896c8921f2257cf5fab24399722495d..05710393959f174bc0bf9a8596ef5fbf9bafa391 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/smp_64.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(cpumask_t, cpu_sibling_map);
 extern cpumask_t cpu_core_map[NR_CPUS];
-extern int sparc64_multi_core;
 
 extern void arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(int cpu);
 extern void arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask(const struct cpumask *mask);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
index b90bf23e3aabf36950c03383afe215a8af6006ee..a1a4400d40258acbfa00b08b9672604e8cc22935 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
@@ -896,10 +896,6 @@ void mdesc_fill_in_cpu_data(cpumask_t *mask)
 
 	mdesc_iterate_over_cpus(fill_in_one_cpu, NULL, mask);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	sparc64_multi_core = 1;
-#endif
-
 	hp = mdesc_grab();
 
 	set_core_ids(hp);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
index 6b39125eb9271d986b32896fcd35015cbd752ef8..9a690d39c01b50f2465263063246565479a0c126 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
@@ -555,9 +555,6 @@ static void *fill_in_one_cpu(struct device_node *dp, int cpuid, int arg)
 
 		cpu_data(cpuid).core_id = portid + 1;
 		cpu_data(cpuid).proc_id = portid;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-		sparc64_multi_core = 1;
-#endif
 	} else {
 		cpu_data(cpuid).dcache_size =
 			of_getintprop_default(dp, "dcache-size", 16 * 1024);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
index b085311dcd0ea9f81840e1fc2550c4f870e984eb..9781048161ab8865a3ce203074d4067312989b95 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
 
 #include "cpumap.h"
 
-int sparc64_multi_core __read_mostly;
-
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(cpumask_t, cpu_sibling_map) = CPU_MASK_NONE;
 cpumask_t cpu_core_map[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly =
 	{ [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = CPU_MASK_NONE };