diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/signal.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/signal.h
index 214320b5038440be179cd557479dddb7bd58eaa2..8c8ce5e1ee0e67124e17bd3b0f58233094f22780 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/signal.h
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@ static inline int __gen_sigismember(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
 	 __const_sigismember(set,sig) :		\
 	 __gen_sigismember(set,sig))
 
-static inline int sigfindinword(unsigned long word)
-{
-	asm ("bfffo %1{#0,#0},%0"
-		: "=d" (word)
-		: "d" (word & -word)
-		: "cc");
-	return word ^ 31;
-}
-
 #endif /* !CONFIG_CPU_HAS_NO_BITFIELDS */
 
 #ifndef __uClinux__
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h
index 35e67a457182f7f90b62248d5d4044c6a14bf989..31eab867e6d359d0da8ebfe5637368d19cbff516 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h
@@ -92,12 +92,6 @@ static inline int __gen_sigismember(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
 	 ? __const_sigismember((set), (sig))	\
 	 : __gen_sigismember((set), (sig)))
 
-static inline int sigfindinword(unsigned long word)
-{
-	asm("bsfl %1,%0" : "=r"(word) : "rm"(word) : "cc");
-	return word;
-}
-
 struct pt_regs;
 
 #else /* __i386__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 2ac423bdb6766f7aa4f50f87093374ce59ea49f7..ae744c314630c9a0ee2167e6381a4f1042cab364 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ static inline int sigismember(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
 		return 1 & (set->sig[sig / _NSIG_BPW] >> (sig % _NSIG_BPW));
 }
 
-static inline int sigfindinword(unsigned long word)
-{
-	return ffz(~word);
-}
-
 #endif /* __HAVE_ARCH_SIG_BITOPS */
 
 static inline int sigisemptyset(sigset_t *set)