diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index ab1baa79abe8..21d30be5c0a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -443,11 +443,6 @@ static inline int compat_timespec_compare(struct compat_timespec *lhs,
 	return lhs->tv_nsec - rhs->tv_nsec;
 }
 
-extern int get_compat_itimerspec(struct itimerspec *dst,
-				 const struct compat_itimerspec __user *src);
-extern int put_compat_itimerspec(struct compat_itimerspec __user *dst,
-				 const struct itimerspec *src);
-
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_gettimeofday(struct compat_timeval __user *tv,
 		struct timezone __user *tz);
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_settimeofday(struct compat_timeval __user *tv,
diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 18dd902c9052..d43b18031116 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -367,24 +367,6 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_getaffinity, compat_pid_t,  pid, unsigned int, len,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int get_compat_itimerspec(struct itimerspec *dst,
-			  const struct compat_itimerspec __user *src)
-{
-	if (__compat_get_timespec(&dst->it_interval, &src->it_interval) ||
-	    __compat_get_timespec(&dst->it_value, &src->it_value))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int put_compat_itimerspec(struct compat_itimerspec __user *dst,
-			  const struct itimerspec *src)
-{
-	if (__compat_put_timespec(&src->it_interval, &dst->it_interval) ||
-	    __compat_put_timespec(&src->it_value, &dst->it_value))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int get_compat_itimerspec64(struct itimerspec64 *its,
 			const struct compat_itimerspec __user *uits)
 {