diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h
index f0edf6fcd002b926687f156cbed222338c53fb8e..2e13a038d2600d74ca45b70b098314cf891a96b4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct clock_event_device, mips_clockevent_device);
 
 void mips_event_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev);
 int c0_compare_int_usable(void);
-void mips_set_clock_mode(enum clock_event_mode, struct clock_event_device *);
 irqreturn_t c0_compare_interrupt(int, void *);
 
 extern struct irqaction c0_compare_irqaction;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
index cc7cc46b58f7aa70dba37a3ed38aa94695ac8a77..8dfe6a6e14809b992774bd7362761021b802bd15 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ static int mips_next_event(unsigned long delta,
 	return res;
 }
 
-void mips_set_clock_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
-				struct clock_event_device *evt)
-{
-	/* Nothing to do ...  */
-}
-
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct clock_event_device, mips_clockevent_device);
 int cp0_timer_irq_installed;
 
@@ -215,7 +209,6 @@ int r4k_clockevent_init(void)
 	cd->irq			= irq;
 	cd->cpumask		= cpumask_of(cpu);
 	cd->set_next_event	= mips_next_event;
-	cd->set_mode		= mips_set_clock_mode;
 	cd->event_handler	= mips_event_handler;
 
 	clockevents_register_device(cd);