diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index f9165d1a17bfbccec9d64a9a07148696fcf1784c..6e7e4a2775f6d315c150d3731e06ea36a2baaa62 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ extern asmlinkage void handle_reserved(void);
 extern int fpu_emulator_cop1Handler(struct pt_regs *xcp,
 	struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx, int has_fpu);
 
-void (*board_watchpoint_handler)(struct pt_regs *regs);
 void (*board_be_init)(void);
 int (*board_be_handler)(struct pt_regs *regs, int is_fixup);
 void (*board_nmi_handler_setup)(void);
@@ -892,11 +891,6 @@ asmlinkage void do_mdmx(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 asmlinkage void do_watch(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	if (board_watchpoint_handler) {
-		(*board_watchpoint_handler)(regs);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * We use the watch exception where available to detect stack
 	 * overflows.
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/traps.h b/include/asm-mips/traps.h
index e5dbde625ec205fbc1eebe46f5e60ca5ff07376a..90ff2f497c500f84d925773584c4c148356dd793 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/traps.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/traps.h
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@ extern int (*board_be_handler)(struct pt_regs *regs, int is_fixup);
 extern void (*board_nmi_handler_setup)(void);
 extern void (*board_ejtag_handler_setup)(void);
 extern void (*board_bind_eic_interrupt)(int irq, int regset);
-extern void (*board_watchpoint_handler)(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_TRAPS_H */