diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
index d9a459c144d81da76bb3023f3f5d89cddca28d95..b212d3e64b8d457bab0a0ce27e25fe5410066652 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ extern void machine_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void alignment_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void single_step_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
-extern int pmac_newworld;
 extern int sys_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_pages);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
index 89c4c36361610749e401f5cb1cf96712a70ba4ad..616b1e3ebe04452d1dccadf046c9c923f7a58f93 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
@@ -88,11 +88,10 @@ int ppc_override_l2cr = 0;
 int ppc_override_l2cr_value;
 int has_l2cache = 0;
 
-int pmac_newworld = 1;
+int pmac_newworld;
 
 static int current_root_goodness = -1;
 
-extern int pmac_newworld;
 extern struct machdep_calls pmac_md;
 
 #define DEFAULT_ROOT_DEVICE Root_SDA1	/* sda1 - slightly silly choice */
@@ -310,9 +309,10 @@ static void __init pmac_setup_arch(void)
 	for (ic = NULL; (ic = of_find_all_nodes(ic)) != NULL; )
 		if (get_property(ic, "interrupt-controller", NULL))
 			break;
-	pmac_newworld = (ic != NULL);
-	if (ic)
+	if (ic) {
+		pmac_newworld = 1;
 		of_node_put(ic);
+	}
 
 	/* Lookup PCI hosts */
 	pmac_pci_init();