diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/traps.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/traps.c
index 6447763ce5a9..3f6ff43cb514 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/traps.c
@@ -331,13 +331,6 @@ void do_genex(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	}
 }
 
-/* Indirect system call dispatch */
-long sys_syscall(void)
-{
-	printk(KERN_ERR "sys_syscall invoked!\n");
-	return -ENOSYS;
-}
-
 void do_trap0(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	syscall_fn syscall;