diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acdebug.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acdebug.h
index b5a9c5126209..447f6d3b0c81 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acdebug.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acdebug.h
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ struct acpi_db_execute_walk {
 /*
  * dbxface - external debugger interfaces
  */
-acpi_status acpi_db_initialize(void);
-
-void acpi_db_terminate(void);
-
 acpi_status
 acpi_db_single_step(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 		    union acpi_parse_object *op, u32 op_type);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
index c2bd5e2485a4..4f332815db00 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c
@@ -92,13 +92,6 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_terminate(void)
 
 	acpi_ut_mutex_terminate();
 
-#ifdef ACPI_DEBUGGER
-
-	/* Shut down the debugger */
-
-	acpi_db_terminate();
-#endif
-
 	/* Now we can shutdown the OS-dependent layer */
 
 	status = acpi_os_terminate();
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c
index 42a32a66ef22..a7137ec28447 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c
@@ -124,17 +124,6 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_initialize_subsystem(void)
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}
 
-	/* If configured, initialize the AML debugger */
-
-#ifdef ACPI_DEBUGGER
-	status = acpi_db_initialize();
-	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
-				"During Debugger initialization"));
-		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
-	}
-#endif
-
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index f2e232717770..d3d7ea051275 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ ACPI_DBG_DEPENDENT_RETURN_VOID(void
 ACPI_APP_DEPENDENT_RETURN_VOID(ACPI_PRINTF_LIKE(1)
 				void ACPI_INTERNAL_VAR_XFACE
 				acpi_log_error(const char *format, ...))
+ acpi_status acpi_initialize_debugger(void);
+
+void acpi_terminate_debugger(void);
 
 /*
  * Divergences