diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 3fd66d97fcaa..775be2791bc2 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -135,31 +135,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(16384)
 	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 
-	/* alternate instruction replacement.  This is a mechanism x86 uses
-	 * to detect the CPU type and replace generic instruction sequences
-	 * with CPU specific ones.  We don't currently do this in PA, but
-	 * it seems like a good idea...
-	 */
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.altinstructions : {
-		__alt_instructions = .;
-		*(.altinstructions)
-		__alt_instructions_end = .; 
-	} 
-	.altinstr_replacement : {
-		*(.altinstr_replacement)
-	} 
-
-	/* .exit.text is discard at runtime, not link time, to deal with references
-	 *  from .altinstructions and .eh_frame
-	 */
-	.exit.text : {
-		EXIT_TEXT
-	}
-	.exit.data : {
-		EXIT_DATA
-	}
-
 	PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__init_end = .;