diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
index e51a8f803f55e30df69a6a02a20a86f9ed7ebdad..818cb87882255e30cdeac605d4ae375d44e0f2db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -91,15 +91,4 @@ do {									\
 #define smp_mb__before_atomic()	barrier()
 #define smp_mb__after_atomic()	barrier()
 
-/*
- * Stop RDTSC speculation. This is needed when you need to use RDTSC
- * (or get_cycles or vread that possibly accesses the TSC) in a defined
- * code region.
- */
-static __always_inline void rdtsc_barrier(void)
-{
-	alternative_2("", "mfence", X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC,
-			  "lfence", X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
-}
-
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_BARRIER_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/um/asm/barrier.h
index b9531d34313491b5180878f64ca18f49fb69c94f..755481f14d90f266fb6afc253fb674a7d34d53c4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/um/asm/barrier.h
@@ -45,17 +45,4 @@
 #define read_barrier_depends()		do { } while (0)
 #define smp_read_barrier_depends()	do { } while (0)
 
-/*
- * Stop RDTSC speculation. This is needed when you need to use RDTSC
- * (or get_cycles or vread that possibly accesses the TSC) in a defined
- * code region.
- *
- * (Could use an alternative three way for this if there was one.)
- */
-static inline void rdtsc_barrier(void)
-{
-	alternative_2("", "mfence", X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC,
-			  "lfence", X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
-}
-
 #endif