diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
index 6559af60bffd62fbf162320379ff545ca4c974fc..e08db7020cd4939809dd456882ff3d4e69480480 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
@@ -908,9 +908,6 @@ void ipath_chip_cleanup(struct ipath_devdata *);
 /* clean up any chip type-specific stuff */
 void ipath_chip_done(void);
 
-/* check to see if we have to force ordering for write combining */
-int ipath_unordered_wc(void);
-
 void ipath_disarm_piobufs(struct ipath_devdata *, unsigned first,
 			  unsigned cnt);
 void ipath_cancel_sends(struct ipath_devdata *, int);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_ppc64.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_ppc64.c
index 1d7bd82a1fb1fa3ffe8c4cebf08a3cd1b57529ce..1a7e20a75149ce6a6bab980b466585784595c0f1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_ppc64.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_ppc64.c
@@ -47,16 +47,3 @@ int ipath_enable_wc(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-
-/**
- * ipath_unordered_wc - indicate whether write combining is unordered
- *
- * Because our performance depends on our ability to do write
- * combining mmio writes in the most efficient way, we need to
- * know if we are on a processor that may reorder stores when
- * write combining.
- */
-int ipath_unordered_wc(void)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_x86_64.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_x86_64.c
index 3428acb0868c202383304105546fc023d3a0917e..4ad0b932df1fab1c1897f144db9ffc8af35c5f73 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_x86_64.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_wc_x86_64.c
@@ -167,18 +167,3 @@ void ipath_disable_wc(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
 		dd->ipath_wc_cookie = 0; /* even on failure */
 	}
 }
-
-/**
- * ipath_unordered_wc - indicate whether write combining is ordered
- *
- * Because our performance depends on our ability to do write combining mmio
- * writes in the most efficient way, we need to know if we are on an Intel
- * or AMD x86_64 processor.  AMD x86_64 processors flush WC buffers out in
- * the order completed, and so no special flushing is required to get
- * correct ordering.  Intel processors, however, will flush write buffers
- * out in "random" orders, and so explicit ordering is needed at times.
- */
-int ipath_unordered_wc(void)
-{
-	return boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD;
-}