diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sti/board-dt.c b/arch/arm/mach-sti/board-dt.c
index dcb98937fcf5..ffecbf29646f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sti/board-dt.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sti/board-dt.c
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@ static const char *const stih41x_dt_match[] __initconst = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static void sti_l2_write_sec(unsigned long val, unsigned reg)
-{
-	/*
-	 * We can't write to secure registers as we are in non-secure
-	 * mode, until we have some SMI service available.
-	 */
-}
-
 DT_MACHINE_START(STM, "STi SoC with Flattened Device Tree")
 	.dt_compat	= stih41x_dt_match,
 	.l2c_aux_val	= L2C_AUX_CTRL_SHARED_OVERRIDE |
@@ -36,5 +28,4 @@ DT_MACHINE_START(STM, "STi SoC with Flattened Device Tree")
 			  L2C_AUX_CTRL_WAY_SIZE(4),
 	.l2c_aux_mask	= 0xc0000fff,
 	.smp		= smp_ops(sti_smp_ops),
-	.l2c_write_sec	= sti_l2_write_sec,
 MACHINE_END