diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
index e699eb6c44be..e58f4367cf11 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
@@ -940,14 +940,3 @@ module_arch_cleanup (struct module *mod)
 	if (mod->arch.core_unw_table)
 		unw_remove_unwind_table(mod->arch.core_unw_table);
 }
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-void
-percpu_modcopy (void *pcpudst, const void *src, unsigned long size)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		memcpy(pcpudst + per_cpu_offset(i), src, size);
-	}
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h b/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h
index 0095bcf79848..7ef684220cf7 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU(type, name)				\
 	extern PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
 
-/*
- * Pretty much a literal copy of asm-generic/percpu.h, except that percpu_modcopy() is an
- * external routine, to avoid include-hell.
- */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
@@ -38,7 +34,6 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, local_per_cpu_offset);
 #define __get_cpu_var(var) (*RELOC_HIDE(&per_cpu__##var, __ia64_per_cpu_var(local_per_cpu_offset)))
 #define __raw_get_cpu_var(var) (*RELOC_HIDE(&per_cpu__##var, __ia64_per_cpu_var(local_per_cpu_offset)))
 
-extern void percpu_modcopy(void *pcpudst, const void *src, unsigned long size);
 extern void setup_per_cpu_areas (void);
 extern void *per_cpu_init(void);
 
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/percpu.h b/include/asm-powerpc/percpu.h
index cc1cbf656b02..1b7568838b43 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/percpu.h
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@
 #define __get_cpu_var(var) (*RELOC_HIDE(&per_cpu__##var, __my_cpu_offset()))
 #define __raw_get_cpu_var(var) (*RELOC_HIDE(&per_cpu__##var, local_paca->data_offset))
 
-/* A macro to avoid #include hell... */
-#define percpu_modcopy(pcpudst, src, size)			\
-do {								\
-	unsigned int __i;					\
-	for_each_possible_cpu(__i)				\
-		memcpy((pcpudst)+__per_cpu_offset(__i),		\
-		       (src), (size));				\
-} while (0)
-
 extern void setup_per_cpu_areas(void);
 
 #else /* ! SMP */
diff --git a/include/asm-s390/percpu.h b/include/asm-s390/percpu.h
index 2d676a873858..465d313ba2dc 100644
--- a/include/asm-s390/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/percpu.h
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
 #define per_cpu(var,cpu) __reloc_hide(var,__per_cpu_offset[cpu])
 #define per_cpu_offset(x) (__per_cpu_offset[x])
 
-/* A macro to avoid #include hell... */
-#define percpu_modcopy(pcpudst, src, size)			\
-do {								\
-	unsigned int __i;					\
-	for_each_possible_cpu(__i)				\
-		memcpy((pcpudst)+__per_cpu_offset[__i],		\
-		       (src), (size));				\
-} while (0)
-
 #else /* ! SMP */
 
 #define __get_cpu_var(var) __reloc_hide(var,0)