diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 7573002077a6..bf0c54b1f161 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -237,14 +237,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	unsigned long long total_ram = memblock_phys_mem_size();
 	phys_addr_t top_of_ram = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
-	unsigned long v = __fix_to_virt(__end_of_fixed_addresses - 1);
-	unsigned long end = __fix_to_virt(FIX_HOLE);
-
-	for (; v < end; v += PAGE_SIZE)
-		map_kernel_page(v, 0, __pgprot(0)); /* XXX gross */
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	map_kernel_page(PKMAP_BASE, 0, __pgprot(0));	/* XXX gross */
 	pkmap_page_table = virt_to_kpte(PKMAP_BASE);