diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index b2c346c5e16f87bc55b4e29326e8805775570495..f0b6300e7dd33ffbc9ac27bf224bf0de60f72342 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ int get_physical_package_id(int cpu);
 #define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)	(per_cpu(cpu_core_map, cpu))
 #define topology_core_id(cpu)		(cpu_to_core_id(cpu))
 
-int dlpar_cpu_readd(int cpu);
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
index dbfabb185eb5266f86d5fbb4ef66760b4ce4fcbd..4bad7a83addc14e10cdaee13ce8d0219df11e2db 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
@@ -779,25 +779,6 @@ static int dlpar_cpu_add_by_count(u32 cpus_to_add)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int dlpar_cpu_readd(int cpu)
-{
-	struct device_node *dn;
-	struct device *dev;
-	u32 drc_index;
-	int rc;
-
-	dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
-	dn = dev->of_node;
-
-	rc = of_property_read_u32(dn, "ibm,my-drc-index", &drc_index);
-
-	rc = dlpar_cpu_remove_by_index(drc_index);
-	if (!rc)
-		rc = dlpar_cpu_add(drc_index);
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
 int dlpar_cpu(struct pseries_hp_errorlog *hp_elog)
 {
 	u32 count, drc_index;