diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h
index f1bae02ef7b6..e14e09b3d6d7 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ struct sh_machine_vector {
 	void (*mv_init_irq)(void);
 	void (*mv_init_pci)(void);
 
-	void (*mv_heartbeat)(void);
-
 	void __iomem *(*mv_ioport_map)(unsigned long port, unsigned int size);
 	void (*mv_ioport_unmap)(void __iomem *);
 };
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/time_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/time_32.c
index 1336f275326c..8457f83242c5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/time_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/time_32.c
@@ -125,11 +125,6 @@ void handle_timer_tick(void)
 	if (current->pid)
 		profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HEARTBEAT
-	if (sh_mv.mv_heartbeat != NULL)
-		sh_mv.mv_heartbeat();
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * Here we are in the timer irq handler. We just have irqs locally
 	 * disabled but we don't know if the timer_bh is running on the other
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/time_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/time_64.c
index bbb2af1004d9..59d2a03e8b3c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/time_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/time_64.c
@@ -240,11 +240,6 @@ static inline void do_timer_interrupt(void)
 
 	do_timer(1);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HEARTBEAT
-	if (sh_mv.mv_heartbeat != NULL)
-		sh_mv.mv_heartbeat();
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * If we have an externally synchronized Linux clock, then update
 	 * RTC clock accordingly every ~11 minutes. Set_rtc_mmss() has to be