diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
index 268205cc347d..b8d7e7d498e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ static void TAUupdate(int cpu)
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printk("grew = %d\n", tau[cpu].grew);
 #endif
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_TAU_INT /* tau_timeout will do this if not using interrupts */
-	set_thresholds(cpu);
-#endif
-
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TAU_INT