diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index f705735feefc..3738f4b48cbd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -104,17 +104,6 @@ do {							\
 	tlb_remove_page((tlb), pte);			\
 } while (0)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
-
-/*
- * allocating and freeing a pmd is trivial: the 1-entry pmd is
- * inside the pgd, so has no extra memory associated with it.
- */
-#define pmd_free(mm, x)			do { } while (0)
-#define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, x, addr)	do { } while (0)
-
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 
 static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 89a482750a5b..63ca37bd9a95 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -79,14 +79,6 @@ do {							\
 	tlb_remove_page((tlb), (pte));			\
 } while (0)
 
-/*
- * allocating and freeing a pmd is trivial: the 1-entry pmd is
- * inside the pgd, so has no extra memory associated with it.
- */
-
-#define pmd_free(mm, x)			do { } while (0)
-#define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb,x,addr)	do { } while (0)
-
 static inline void check_pgt_cache(void)
 {
 	quicklist_trim(QUICK_PGD, NULL, 25, 16);