diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
index caf68a4bc19e..410ed72eef1c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ static inline u64 get_tb(void)
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
-static inline u64 get_tb_or_rtc(void)
-{
-	return get_tb();
-}
-
 static inline void set_tb(unsigned int upper, unsigned int lower)
 {
 	mtspr(SPRN_TBWL, 0);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 631e6d236c97..7d0f7682d01d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static inline notrace unsigned long get_irq_happened(void)
 
 static inline notrace int decrementer_check_overflow(void)
 {
- 	u64 now = get_tb_or_rtc();
+	u64 now = get_tb();
 	u64 *next_tb = this_cpu_ptr(&decrementers_next_tb);
  
 	return now >= *next_tb;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index 13c820c15d37..760ea359a7f7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		irq_work_run();
 	}
 
-	now = get_tb_or_rtc();
+	now = get_tb();
 	if (now >= *next_tb) {
 		*next_tb = ~(u64)0;
 		if (evt->event_handler)
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ static void __init clocksource_init(void)
 static int decrementer_set_next_event(unsigned long evt,
 				      struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
-	__this_cpu_write(decrementers_next_tb, get_tb_or_rtc() + evt);
+	__this_cpu_write(decrementers_next_tb, get_tb() + evt);
 	set_dec(evt);
 
 	/* We may have raced with new irq work */
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 	tb_to_ns_scale = scale;
 	tb_to_ns_shift = shift;
 	/* Save the current timebase to pretty up CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME */
-	boot_tb = get_tb_or_rtc();
+	boot_tb = get_tb();
 
 	/* If platform provided a timezone (pmac), we correct the time */
 	if (timezone_offset) {