diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index ee64f8f4e0e93..d6b505942c7ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
 
 u8 boot_cpu_apic_version __ro_after_init;
 
-/*
- * The highest APIC ID seen during enumeration.
- */
-static unsigned int max_physical_apicid;
-
 /*
  * Bitmask of physically existing CPUs:
  */
@@ -2541,9 +2536,6 @@ int generic_processor_info(int apicid, int version)
 			boot_cpu_apic_version, cpu, version);
 	}
 
-	if (apicid > max_physical_apicid)
-		max_physical_apicid = apicid;
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
 	early_per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu) = apicid;
 #endif