diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm.c
index ef230a0eb5eb..0d362e9f9cb9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include "hsmmc.h"
 #include "common-board-devices.h"
 
+#define OMAP3_EVM_TS_GPIO	175
 #define OMAP3_EVM_EHCI_VBUS	22
 #define OMAP3_EVM_EHCI_SELECT	61
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.c
index 14734746457c..c1875862679f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.c
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ static struct omap2_mcspi_device_config ads7846_mcspi_config = {
 	.turbo_mode	= 0,
 };
 
-/*
- * ADS7846 driver maybe request a gpio according to the value
- * of pdata->get_pendown_state, but we have done this. So set
- * get_pendown_state to avoid twice gpio requesting.
- */
-static int omap3_get_pendown_state(void)
-{
-	return !gpio_get_value(OMAP3_EVM_TS_GPIO);
-}
-
 static struct ads7846_platform_data ads7846_config = {
 	.x_max			= 0x0fff,
 	.y_max			= 0x0fff,
@@ -55,7 +45,6 @@ static struct ads7846_platform_data ads7846_config = {
 	.debounce_rep		= 1,
 	.gpio_pendown		= -EINVAL,
 	.keep_vref_on		= 1,
-	.get_pendown_state	= &omap3_get_pendown_state,
 };
 
 static struct spi_board_info ads7846_spi_board_info __initdata = {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.h
index 4c4ef6a6166b..a0b4a42836ab 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common-board-devices.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "twl-common.h"
 
 #define NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	SZ_128K
-#define OMAP3_EVM_TS_GPIO	175
 
 struct mtd_partition;
 struct ads7846_platform_data;