diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
index 31360cbbd5f8951e7f816aba3b47efea9380302b..e34f565f595ae2d54613309af8013b2e735e9881 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ void (*ia64_mark_idle)(int);
 
 unsigned long boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_option_idle_override);
-void (*pm_idle) (void);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_idle);
 void (*pm_power_off) (void);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
 
@@ -301,7 +299,6 @@ cpu_idle (void)
 			if (mark_idle)
 				(*mark_idle)(1);
 
-			idle = pm_idle;
 			if (!idle)
 				idle = default_idle;
 			(*idle)();
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index aaefd9b94f2fc6f57865b5d500bceaf50fdc84b3..2029cc0d2fc6f2b003c733b0c0d1ff42579e2083 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,6 @@ cpu_init (void)
 		max_num_phys_stacked = num_phys_stacked;
 	}
 	platform_cpu_init();
-	pm_idle = default_idle;
 }
 
 void __init