diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
index b6ad9c0a7c55..3f52ee219923 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
@@ -154,19 +154,6 @@ static int __init __gic_clocksource_init(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void __init gic_clocksource_init(unsigned int frequency)
-{
-	gic_frequency = frequency;
-	gic_timer_irq = MIPS_GIC_IRQ_BASE +
-		GIC_LOCAL_TO_HWIRQ(GIC_LOCAL_INT_COMPARE);
-
-	__gic_clocksource_init();
-	gic_clockevent_init();
-
-	/* And finally start the counter */
-	gic_start_count();
-}
-
 static int __init gic_clocksource_of_init(struct device_node *node)
 {
 	struct clk *clk;
diff --git a/include/linux/irqchip/mips-gic.h b/include/linux/irqchip/mips-gic.h
index 7b49c71c968b..2b0e56619e53 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqchip/mips-gic.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqchip/mips-gic.h
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ extern unsigned int gic_present;
 extern void gic_init(unsigned long gic_base_addr,
 	unsigned long gic_addrspace_size, unsigned int cpu_vec,
 	unsigned int irqbase);
-extern void gic_clocksource_init(unsigned int);
 extern u64 gic_read_count(void);
 extern unsigned int gic_get_count_width(void);
 extern u64 gic_read_compare(void);