diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 1c8d7b5d7a14..f4bc0e789539 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-/* Gcc optimizes away "strlen(x)" for constant x */
-#define ADDBUF(buffer, string) \
-do { memcpy(buffer, string, strlen(string)); \
-     buffer += strlen(string); } while (0)
-
 static inline void task_name(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	int i;