diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 8330810f699e..565aa45ef134 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -283,23 +283,6 @@ static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	set_pte(ptep, pte);
 }
 
-#define __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SAME
-static inline int pte_same(pte_t pte_a, pte_t pte_b)
-{
-	pteval_t lhs, rhs;
-
-	lhs = pte_val(pte_a);
-	rhs = pte_val(pte_b);
-
-	if (pte_present(pte_a))
-		lhs &= ~PTE_RDONLY;
-
-	if (pte_present(pte_b))
-		rhs &= ~PTE_RDONLY;
-
-	return (lhs == rhs);
-}
-
 /*
  * Huge pte definitions.
  */