diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 33cc421303717..f9ca237df7e81 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ extern int nr_threads;
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, process_counts);
 extern int nr_processes(void);
 extern unsigned long nr_running(void);
-extern unsigned long nr_uninterruptible(void);
 extern unsigned long nr_iowait(void);
 extern unsigned long nr_iowait_cpu(int cpu);
 extern unsigned long this_cpu_load(void);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 03d7784b7bd25..b7b03cd2d4cdf 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1969,11 +1969,10 @@ context_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
 }
 
 /*
- * nr_running, nr_uninterruptible and nr_context_switches:
+ * nr_running and nr_context_switches:
  *
  * externally visible scheduler statistics: current number of runnable
- * threads, current number of uninterruptible-sleeping threads, total
- * number of context switches performed since bootup.
+ * threads, total number of context switches performed since bootup.
  */
 unsigned long nr_running(void)
 {
@@ -1985,23 +1984,6 @@ unsigned long nr_running(void)
 	return sum;
 }
 
-unsigned long nr_uninterruptible(void)
-{
-	unsigned long i, sum = 0;
-
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
-		sum += cpu_rq(i)->nr_uninterruptible;
-
-	/*
-	 * Since we read the counters lockless, it might be slightly
-	 * inaccurate. Do not allow it to go below zero though:
-	 */
-	if (unlikely((long)sum < 0))
-		sum = 0;
-
-	return sum;
-}
-
 unsigned long long nr_context_switches(void)
 {
 	int i;