diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 8309a7b2cd63..79577f0ace98 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ extern void __init clustered_apic_check(void);
 extern int gsi_irq_sharing(int gsi);
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 
+static inline int acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id) { return 0; }
+
+
 #else				/* X86 */
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
index d70605eda333..e5b14c57eaa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
@@ -962,14 +962,12 @@ void smp_apic_timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	irq_exit();
 }
 
-int __initdata unsync_tsc_on_multicluster;
-
 /*
  * oem_force_hpet_timer -- force HPET mode for some boxes.
  *
  * Thus far, the major user of this is IBM's Summit2 series:
  *
- * Some clustered boxes may have unsynced TSC problems if they are
+ * Clustered boxes may have unsynced TSC problems if they are
  * multi-chassis. Use available data to take a good guess.
  * If in doubt, go HPET.
  */
@@ -979,11 +977,6 @@ __cpuinit int oem_force_hpet_timer(void)
 	unsigned id;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(clustermap, NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS);
 
-	/* Only do this check on IBM machines - big Unisys systems
-	   use multiple clusters too, but have synchronized TSC */
-	if (!unsync_tsc_on_multicluster)
-		return 0;
-
 	bitmap_zero(clustermap, NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
index e2b9923189a0..aa1c7b2e438c 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
@@ -164,20 +164,6 @@ extern u8 x86_acpiid_to_apicid[];
 
 extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
 
-extern int unsync_tsc_on_multicluster;
-
-static inline int acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem, char *productid) 
-{ 
-	/* Copied from i386. Probably has too many entries. */
-	if (!strncmp(oem, "IBM ENSW", 8) && 
-        	(!strncmp(productid, "VIGIL SMP", 9) 
-             		|| !strncmp(productid, "EXA", 3)
-			|| !strncmp(productid, "RUTHLESS SMP", 12))) {
-		unsync_tsc_on_multicluster = 1;
-        }
-        return 0;
-}
-
 #endif /*__KERNEL__*/
 
 #endif /*_ASM_ACPI_H*/