diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index f5e40339622ba..c64ddd9d9979c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -3826,28 +3826,6 @@ void __init probe_nr_irqs_gsi(void)
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "nr_irqs_gsi: %d\n", nr_irqs_gsi);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
-int __init arch_probe_nr_irqs(void)
-{
-	int nr;
-
-	if (nr_irqs > (NR_VECTORS * nr_cpu_ids))
-		nr_irqs = NR_VECTORS * nr_cpu_ids;
-
-	nr = nr_irqs_gsi + 8 * nr_cpu_ids;
-#if defined(CONFIG_PCI_MSI) || defined(CONFIG_HT_IRQ)
-	/*
-	 * for MSI and HT dyn irq
-	 */
-	nr += nr_irqs_gsi * 16;
-#endif
-	if (nr < nr_irqs)
-		nr_irqs = nr;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 static int __io_apic_set_pci_routing(struct device *dev, int irq,
 				struct io_apic_irq_attr *irq_attr)
 {