diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c b/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
index c4af9638dbfa..c3f3ae95e22d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
@@ -352,17 +352,6 @@ void __init zone_sizes_init(void)
 {
 	int nid;
 
-	/*
-	 * Insert nodes into pgdat_list backward so they appear in order.
-	 * Clobber node 0's links and NULL out pgdat_list before starting.
-	 */
-	pgdat_list = NULL;
-	for (nid = MAX_NUMNODES - 1; nid >= 0; nid--) {
-		if (!node_online(nid))
-			continue;
-		NODE_DATA(nid)->pgdat_next = pgdat_list;
-		pgdat_list = NODE_DATA(nid);
-	}
 
 	for_each_online_node(nid) {
 		unsigned long zones_size[MAX_NR_ZONES] = {0, 0, 0};
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
index 384f1d7dce96..ec9eeb89975d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
@@ -378,31 +378,6 @@ static void __init *memory_less_node_alloc(int nid, unsigned long pernodesize)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
-/**
- * pgdat_insert - insert the pgdat into global pgdat_list
- * @pgdat: the pgdat for a node.
- */
-static void __init pgdat_insert(pg_data_t *pgdat)
-{
-	pg_data_t *prev = NULL, *next;
-
-	for_each_online_pgdat(next)
-		if (pgdat->node_id < next->node_id)
-			break;
-		else
-			prev = next;
-
-	if (prev) {
-		prev->pgdat_next = pgdat;
-		pgdat->pgdat_next = next;
-	} else {
-		pgdat->pgdat_next = pgdat_list;
-		pgdat_list = pgdat;
-	}
-
-	return;
-}
-
 /**
  * memory_less_nodes - allocate and initialize CPU only nodes pernode
  *	information.
@@ -745,11 +720,5 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 				    pfn_offset, zholes_size);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Make memory less nodes become a member of the known nodes.
-	 */
-	for_each_node_mask(node, memory_less_mask)
-		pgdat_insert(mem_data[node].pgdat);
-
 	zero_page_memmap_ptr = virt_to_page(ia64_imva(empty_zero_page));
 }
diff --git a/arch/m32r/mm/discontig.c b/arch/m32r/mm/discontig.c
index 08e727955555..70c8528a0ad5 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/mm/discontig.c
@@ -137,12 +137,6 @@ unsigned long __init zone_sizes_init(void)
 	int nid, i;
 	mem_prof_t *mp;
 
-	pgdat_list = NULL;
-	for (nid = num_online_nodes() - 1 ; nid >= 0 ; nid--) {
-		NODE_DATA(nid)->pgdat_next = pgdat_list;
-		pgdat_list = NODE_DATA(nid);
-	}
-
 	for_each_online_node(nid) {
 		mp = &mem_prof[nid];
 		for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_NR_ZONES ; i++) {