diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index cb253ce218a0..a3ad49639fc0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ config ARCH_HAS_CPUFREQ
 	  and that the relevant menu configurations are displayed for
 	  it.
 
-config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
-       def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
 	bool
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
index 5ac8d3d3e025..d7038fa22343 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define cpu_relax()			barrier()
 #endif
 
-void cpu_idle_wait(void);
-
 /*
  * Create a new kernel thread
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 2b7b017a20cd..19c95ea65b2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -157,26 +157,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
 void (*arm_pm_restart)(char str, const char *cmd) = null_restart;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arm_pm_restart);
 
-static void do_nothing(void *unused)
-{
-}
-
-/*
- * cpu_idle_wait - Used to ensure that all the CPUs discard old value of
- * pm_idle and update to new pm_idle value. Required while changing pm_idle
- * handler on SMP systems.
- *
- * Caller must have changed pm_idle to the new value before the call. Old
- * pm_idle value will not be used by any CPU after the return of this function.
- */
-void cpu_idle_wait(void)
-{
-	smp_mb();
-	/* kick all the CPUs so that they exit out of pm_idle */
-	smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
-
 /*
  * This is our default idle handler.
  */