diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-sh73a0.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-sh73a0.c
index fd63ae6532fc9ab26149497f68870e81705ed7b7..151a71a41fe3bd868b77783478aeb22d20a9b098 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-sh73a0.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/intc-sh73a0.c
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ void __init sh73a0_init_irq(void)
 	void __iomem *gic_cpu_base = IOMEM(0xf0000100);
 	void __iomem *intevtsa = ioremap_nocache(0xffd20100, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	gic_set_irqchip_flags(IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE);
 	gic_init(0, 29, gic_dist_base, gic_cpu_base);
 
 	register_intc_controller(&intcs_desc);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
index c03e562be12b17600e3492dc755a86449a222615..aea5cff9495de195148294f16941182d5b1a0166 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/setup-r8a7779.c
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ void __init r8a7779_init_irq_dt(void)
 	void __iomem *gic_dist_base = ioremap_nocache(0xf0001000, 0x1000);
 	void __iomem *gic_cpu_base = ioremap_nocache(0xf0000100, 0x1000);
 #endif
-	gic_set_irqchip_flags(IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_SHMOBILE_LEGACY
 	gic_init(0, 29, gic_dist_base, gic_cpu_base);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/cpu.c b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/cpu.c
index e31d3d61c9988a645bf081f7462fffaee3db67dd..6cb10c77afd84893839f5e1c7903493241530943 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/cpu.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ void __init ux500_init_irq(void)
 	struct device_node *np;
 	struct resource r;
 
-	gic_set_irqchip_flags(IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE | IRQCHIP_MASK_ON_SUSPEND);
 	irqchip_init();
 	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "stericsson,db8500-prcmu");
 	of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &r);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-zynq/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-zynq/common.c
index 616d5840fc2e4aefe2af918a56aa48a85f3c931c..2ad1accfba35bfe089447715059f58f254410d7d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-zynq/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-zynq/common.c
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ static void __init zynq_map_io(void)
 
 static void __init zynq_irq_init(void)
 {
-	gic_set_irqchip_flags(IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE | IRQCHIP_MASK_ON_SUSPEND);
 	irqchip_init();
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
index 39ff8df8cf64d2970e44115dbbcf16ea3e5e4c7f..80fde37076c4af5bbb1de06c409ff2e8811e4f6a 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
@@ -881,11 +881,6 @@ static const struct irq_domain_ops gic_irq_domain_ops = {
 	.xlate = gic_irq_domain_xlate,
 };
 
-void gic_set_irqchip_flags(unsigned long flags)
-{
-	gic_chip.flags |= flags;
-}
-
 void __init gic_init_bases(unsigned int gic_nr, int irq_start,
 			   void __iomem *dist_base, void __iomem *cpu_base,
 			   u32 percpu_offset, struct device_node *node)
diff --git a/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h b/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h
index 9de976b4f9a79c8ef8bb43e7a150a2533e74f39a..61a2007eb49ade6907ffc9fae07b26a1a3a9a784 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
 
 struct device_node;
 
-void gic_set_irqchip_flags(unsigned long flags);
 void gic_init_bases(unsigned int, int, void __iomem *, void __iomem *,
 		    u32 offset, struct device_node *);
 void gic_cascade_irq(unsigned int gic_nr, unsigned int irq);