diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
index 51c386bf230d5ae024ced7de2da090f78e415da7..c5367bf5487fcf3a1ac466e990675871a7af16ae 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ struct acpi_namespace_node {
 #define ANOBJ_EVALUATED                 0x20	/* Set on first evaluation of node */
 #define ANOBJ_ALLOCATED_BUFFER          0x40	/* Method AML buffer is dynamic (install_method) */
 
-#define IMPLICIT_EXTERNAL               0x02	/* iASL only: This object created implicitly via External */
 #define ANOBJ_IS_EXTERNAL               0x08	/* iASL only: This object created via External() */
 #define ANOBJ_METHOD_NO_RETVAL          0x10	/* iASL only: Method has no return value */
 #define ANOBJ_METHOD_SOME_NO_RETVAL     0x20	/* iASL only: Method has at least one return value */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c
index 3c571fe98990ca2d0576f81b7dfa916fc8b6558b..83a593e2155d7a71db823ab341acf903fb30cbea 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c
@@ -608,12 +608,6 @@ acpi_ns_lookup(union acpi_generic_state *scope_info,
 					    this_node->object;
 				}
 			}
-#ifdef ACPI_ASL_COMPILER
-			if (!acpi_gbl_disasm_flag &&
-			    (this_node->flags & ANOBJ_IS_EXTERNAL)) {
-				this_node->flags |= IMPLICIT_EXTERNAL;
-			}
-#endif
 		}
 
 		/* Special handling for the last segment (num_segments == 0) */