diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/prom.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/prom.c
index 9ff7ccde9de0..d984bd5c2ec5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/prom.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
-#include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
 
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
@@ -114,10 +113,3 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 		panic("failed to register_vsmp_smp_ops()");
 #endif
 }
-
-int __init plat_of_setup(void)
-{
-	return of_platform_default_populate(NULL, NULL, NULL);
-}
-
-arch_initcall(plat_of_setup);