diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
index 925758dbca0c..48206bb8de1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <asm/hpet.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 
-int apic_mapped;
 int apic_verbosity;
 int apic_runs_main_timer;
 int apic_calibrate_pmtmr __initdata;
@@ -706,8 +705,8 @@ void __init init_apic_mappings(void)
 		apic_phys = mp_lapic_addr;
 
 	set_fixmap_nocache(FIX_APIC_BASE, apic_phys);
-	apic_mapped = 1;
-	apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE,"mapped APIC to %16lx (%16lx)\n", APIC_BASE, apic_phys);
+	apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE, "mapped APIC to %16lx (%16lx)\n",
+				APIC_BASE, apic_phys);
 
 	/* Put local APIC into the resource map. */
 	lapic_resource.start = apic_phys;
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/apic_64.h b/include/asm-x86/apic_64.h
index 85125ef3c414..81335e95365b 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/apic_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/apic_64.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 extern int apic_verbosity;
 extern int apic_runs_main_timer;
 extern int ioapic_force;
-extern int apic_mapped;
 
 /*
  * Define the default level of output to be very little