diff --git a/arch/um/sys-i386/bugs.c b/arch/um/sys-i386/bugs.c
index 806895d73bcc1d9eec6495457c03ba2715f81871..5ee4c366074e66a82806271c48af2319f33d472b 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-i386/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-i386/bugs.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 /* Set during early boot */
 int host_has_cmov = 1;
-int host_has_xmm = 0;
 
 static char token(int fd, char *buf, int len, char stop)
 {
@@ -163,8 +162,6 @@ void arch_check_bugs(void)
 	}
 	if (check_cpu_flag("cmov", &have_it))
 		host_has_cmov = have_it;
-	if (check_cpu_flag("xmm", &have_it))
-		host_has_xmm = have_it;
 }
 
 int arch_handle_signal(int sig, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
diff --git a/include/asm-um/processor-i386.h b/include/asm-um/processor-i386.h
index 595f1c3e1e400607c0b318d5bd7590a124731808..a2b7fe13fe1e48179b1fd5f0eeff8315dcb15b0d 100644
--- a/include/asm-um/processor-i386.h
+++ b/include/asm-um/processor-i386.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "asm/host_ldt.h"
 #include "asm/segment.h"
 
-extern int host_has_xmm;
 extern int host_has_cmov;
 
 /* include faultinfo structure */