diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index af79da40af2a1b949e94de520d867dd08c5c628d..9beb92914f4df4313f2bd4fba410fb6f720b9a24 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ static inline void ack_bad_irq(int irq)
 	pr_crit("unexpected IRQ trap at vector %02x\n", irq);
 }
 
-void set_irq_flags(unsigned int irq, unsigned int flags);
-
-#define IRQF_VALID	(1 << 0)
-#define IRQF_PROBE	(1 << 1)
-#define IRQF_NOAUTOEN	(1 << 2)
-
 #define ARCH_IRQ_INIT_FLAGS	(IRQ_NOREQUEST | IRQ_NOPROBE)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
index 5ff4826cb154b0b646e281f4903a4e45a1c69ae9..2766183e69df255371f0586ff96b7112ec3dc643 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
@@ -79,26 +79,6 @@ asm_do_IRQ(unsigned int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	handle_IRQ(irq, regs);
 }
 
-void set_irq_flags(unsigned int irq, unsigned int iflags)
-{
-	unsigned long clr = 0, set = IRQ_NOREQUEST | IRQ_NOPROBE | IRQ_NOAUTOEN;
-
-	if (irq >= nr_irqs) {
-		pr_err("Trying to set irq flags for IRQ%d\n", irq);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (iflags & IRQF_VALID)
-		clr |= IRQ_NOREQUEST;
-	if (iflags & IRQF_PROBE)
-		clr |= IRQ_NOPROBE;
-	if (!(iflags & IRQF_NOAUTOEN))
-		clr |= IRQ_NOAUTOEN;
-	/* Order is clear bits in "clr" then set bits in "set" */
-	irq_modify_status(irq, clr, set & ~clr);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_irq_flags);
-
 void __init init_IRQ(void)
 {
 	int ret;