diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index f5aaf6c83222299691364258118b0dd41b22fac7..5731274bfdba541aa8c15d477ccdd64cd7b91228 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -639,7 +639,6 @@ extern void irq_exit(void);
 static inline void entering_irq(void)
 {
 	irq_enter();
-	exit_idle();
 }
 
 static inline void entering_ack_irq(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
index 02bab09707f28cc7dd2a10bc1a3b9af35f8e1aef..dcebb1c634f18d4b0d3bd96a063222a17e8d7ec4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_IDLE_H
 #define _ASM_X86_IDLE_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-void enter_idle(void);
-void exit_idle(void);
-#else /* !CONFIG_X86_64 */
-static inline void enter_idle(void) { }
-static inline void exit_idle(void) { }
-static inline void __exit_idle(void) { }
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
-
 void amd_e400_remove_cpu(int cpu);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_IDLE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index edbbfc854e3998a038ffd8d94173dd4a2c9dfeee..093f550f372dd7d6603eb8287f8af1384c03ad55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -267,13 +267,11 @@ do_async_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
 	case KVM_PV_REASON_PAGE_NOT_PRESENT:
 		/* page is swapped out by the host. */
 		prev_state = exception_enter();
-		exit_idle();
 		kvm_async_pf_task_wait((u32)read_cr2());
 		exception_exit(prev_state);
 		break;
 	case KVM_PV_REASON_PAGE_READY:
 		rcu_irq_enter();
-		exit_idle();
 		kvm_async_pf_task_wake((u32)read_cr2());
 		rcu_irq_exit();
 		break;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index d8e9d794e114afd82e47d4bf72e52924d6ae8e91..ee023919e4766beae93979da69e7145a10750a5c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -234,34 +234,9 @@ static inline void play_dead(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-void enter_idle(void)
-{
-}
-
-static void __exit_idle(void)
-{
-}
-
-/* Called from interrupts to signify idle end */
-void exit_idle(void)
-{
-	/* idle loop has pid 0 */
-	if (current->pid)
-		return;
-	__exit_idle();
-}
-#endif
-
 void arch_cpu_idle_enter(void)
 {
 	local_touch_nmi();
-	enter_idle();
-}
-
-void arch_cpu_idle_exit(void)
-{
-	__exit_idle();
 }
 
 void arch_cpu_idle_dead(void)
diff --git a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
index 9ecfcdcdd6d60afadb4adae79d7cbeace70f40d1..9ad622ab05dcd3a75494fe07d9463c4682be0cc7 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
@@ -1256,7 +1256,6 @@ void xen_evtchn_do_upcall(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	irq_enter();
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
-	exit_idle();
 	inc_irq_stat(irq_hv_callback_count);
 #endif