diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index c2747ac2ae43b8a7b22bebdef63ee92cbcf1c31a..2643d848df9014df4776423028e223498f5a6d66 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/node.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 struct cpu {
 	int node_id;		/* The node which contains the CPU */
@@ -103,16 +102,6 @@ extern struct sysdev_class cpu_sysdev_class;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 /* Stop CPUs going up and down. */
 
-static inline void cpuhotplug_mutex_lock(struct mutex *cpu_hp_mutex)
-{
-	mutex_lock(cpu_hp_mutex);
-}
-
-static inline void cpuhotplug_mutex_unlock(struct mutex *cpu_hp_mutex)
-{
-	mutex_unlock(cpu_hp_mutex);
-}
-
 extern void get_online_cpus(void);
 extern void put_online_cpus(void);
 #define hotcpu_notifier(fn, pri) {				\
@@ -126,11 +115,6 @@ int cpu_down(unsigned int cpu);
 
 #else		/* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
-static inline void cpuhotplug_mutex_lock(struct mutex *cpu_hp_mutex)
-{ }
-static inline void cpuhotplug_mutex_unlock(struct mutex *cpu_hp_mutex)
-{ }
-
 #define get_online_cpus()	do { } while (0)
 #define put_online_cpus()	do { } while (0)
 #define hotcpu_notifier(fn, pri)	do { (void)(fn); } while (0)