diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 41e1e1aa36aca0d3b2ee37c59e796f094c5ae7f0..cd1ac9aad56c443598725e0e19d07fa3c7f038db 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 /* should be defined in each interrupt controller driver */
 extern unsigned int get_irq(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
-#define ack_bad_irq ack_bad_irq
-void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq);
 #include <asm-generic/hardirq.h>
 
 #endif /* _ASM_MICROBLAZE_HARDIRQ_H */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/irq.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/irq.c
index f688ee93e3b98747394f5630beff65501cfabc6e..7d5ddd62d4d23e6d9673a538e6e251bad4b10feb 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/irq.c
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ unsigned int irq_of_parse_and_map(struct device_node *dev, int index)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_of_parse_and_map);
 
-/*
- * 'what should we do if we get a hw irq event on an illegal vector'.
- * each architecture has to answer this themselves.
- */
-void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "unexpected IRQ trap at vector %02x\n", irq);
-}
-
 static u32 concurrent_irq;
 
 void do_IRQ(struct pt_regs *regs)