diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index c97e5f09692768d0cf2a3770c45aacf2fdc8baf1..79a2a744648dd704b024cab1b37d85e4b2949ca0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ extern int lockdep_tasklist_lock_is_held(void);
 
 extern asmlinkage void schedule_tail(struct task_struct *prev);
 extern void init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu);
-extern void init_idle_bootup_task(struct task_struct *idle);
 
 extern int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p);
 extern void sched_dead(struct task_struct *p);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 052481fbe3633f64b420c5bbd6deea3be261e6a9..881d62438b1a79643ab6db8e4098569978f3469a 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ static noinline void __ref rest_init(void)
 	 * The boot idle thread must execute schedule()
 	 * at least once to get things moving:
 	 */
-	init_idle_bootup_task(current);
 	schedule_preempt_disabled();
 	/* Call into cpu_idle with preempt disabled */
 	cpu_startup_entry(CPUHP_ONLINE);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 835a234d35e8db86862a2b4c47b34fc34d6e30d6..6d91c10b18144ba5fb1023847bd412b400d9719e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5177,11 +5177,6 @@ void show_state_filter(unsigned long state_filter)
 		debug_show_all_locks();
 }
 
-void init_idle_bootup_task(struct task_struct *idle)
-{
-	idle->sched_class = &idle_sched_class;
-}
-
 /**
  * init_idle - set up an idle thread for a given CPU
  * @idle: task in question