diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index f2b4e816b6dec5d55d677ca55f9764ad4dcbbb0d..29764d79718777cc3753c10e477582d9eb8c1b99 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_insn.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_return_address.o = -pg
 
-CFLAGS_setup.o = -DUTS_MACHINE='"$(UTS_MACHINE)"'
-
 # Object file lists.
 arm64-obj-y		:= debug-monitors.o entry.o irq.o fpsimd.o		\
 			   entry-fpsimd.o process.o ptrace.o setup.o signal.o	\
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index d4b740538ad57430d57854e58bd257dde366933b..b2fdb59b69f6d735a57ff19f1e8b3cc8e2edc3cc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/cache.h>
@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
 	pr_info("Boot CPU: AArch64 Processor [%08x]\n", read_cpuid_id());
 
-	sprintf(init_utsname()->machine, UTS_MACHINE);
 	init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long) _text;
 	init_mm.end_code   = (unsigned long) _etext;
 	init_mm.end_data   = (unsigned long) _edata;