diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/timebase.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/timebase.h
index 881f655caa0a..891c9d5eaabe 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/timebase.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/timebase.h
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@
 #define mttbl(v)	asm volatile("mttbl %0":: "r"(v))
 #define mttbu(v)	asm volatile("mttbu %0":: "r"(v))
 
-/* For compatibility, get_tbl() is defined as get_tb() on ppc64 */
-static inline unsigned long get_tbl(void)
-{
-	return mftb();
-}
-
 static __always_inline u64 get_tb(void)
 {
 	unsigned int tbhi, tblo, tbhi2;