diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/percpu.h
index 06c5c7a4afd3..7f0a9c4f2fd0 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/percpu.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/percpu.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
 
 #ifndef MODULE
 #define SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(var, offset) RELOC_HIDE(&per_cpu_var(var), (offset))
-#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES
 #else
 /*
  * To calculate addresses of locally defined variables, GCC uses 32-bit
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
 		: "=&r"(__ptr), "=&r"(tmp_gp));		\
 	(typeof(&per_cpu_var(var)))(__ptr + (offset)); })
 
-#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES	__used
-
 #endif /* MODULE */
 
 /*
@@ -71,8 +68,6 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
 #define __get_cpu_var(var)		per_cpu_var(var)
 #define __raw_get_cpu_var(var)		per_cpu_var(var)
 
-#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES
-
 #endif /* SMP */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP