diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/common.h
index 32f8eb3fe344958d395d89b17785b38f17f06673..5900cc44f780d33ab84434d3d4393643bab4e541 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/common.h
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ extern struct smp_operations tegra_smp_ops;
 
 extern int tegra_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu);
 extern void tegra_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu);
-extern int tegra_cpu_disable(unsigned int cpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/hotplug.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/hotplug.c
index a599f6e36dea49768c6eb18d9550b3d04fb9c1db..1fb9915f7895107efbae6ae53cd8260e0d73e06b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/hotplug.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/hotplug.c
@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ void __ref tegra_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 	BUG();
 }
 
-int tegra_cpu_disable(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	/*
-	 * we don't allow CPU 0 to be shutdown (it is still too special
-	 * e.g. clock tick interrupts)
-	 */
-	return cpu == 0 ? -EPERM : 0;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_TEGRA_2x_SOC
 extern void tegra20_hotplug_shutdown(void);
 void __init tegra20_hotplug_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
index 2c6b3d55213b49f16ee256548279b1742111bd20..ec33ec86aad901168a87b2d20a5782365b4c6c01 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
@@ -192,6 +192,5 @@ struct smp_operations tegra_smp_ops __initdata = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	.cpu_kill		= tegra_cpu_kill,
 	.cpu_die		= tegra_cpu_die,
-	.cpu_disable		= tegra_cpu_disable,
 #endif
 };