diff --git a/include/asm-cris/bitops.h b/include/asm-cris/bitops.h
index e2f49c27ed29..75ea6e096483 100644
--- a/include/asm-cris/bitops.h
+++ b/include/asm-cris/bitops.h
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 
-/*
- * Some hacks to defeat gcc over-optimizations..
- */
-struct __dummy { unsigned long a[100]; };
-#define ADDR (*(struct __dummy *) addr)
-#define CONST_ADDR (*(const struct __dummy *) addr)
-
 /*
  * set_bit - Atomically set a bit in memory
  * @nr: the bit to set