diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
index 52af5ed9f60b..32ea19ac5713 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -108,19 +108,6 @@ static inline int pci_proc_domain(struct pci_bus *bus)
 	return (pci_domain_nr(bus) != 0);
 }
 
-static inline struct resource *
-pcibios_select_root(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct resource *res)
-{
-	struct resource *root = NULL;
-
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO)
-		root = &ioport_resource;
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM)
-		root = &iomem_resource;
-
-	return root;
-}
-
 #define HAVE_ARCH_PCI_GET_LEGACY_IDE_IRQ
 static inline int pci_get_legacy_ide_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, int channel)
 {
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pci.h
index 468aca8cec0d..95b03886e0a8 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -83,19 +83,6 @@ extern int pci_mmap_legacy_page_range(struct pci_bus *bus,
  */
 #define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS     (1)
 
-static inline struct resource *pcibios_select_root(struct pci_dev *pdev,
-			struct resource *res)
-{
-	struct resource *root = NULL;
-
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO)
-		root = &ioport_resource;
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM)
-		root = &iomem_resource;
-
-	return root;
-}
-
 extern void pcibios_claim_one_bus(struct pci_bus *b);
 
 extern void pcibios_finish_adding_to_bus(struct pci_bus *bus);
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/pci.h
index 5f70af25c7d0..c222d1792d5b 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -83,19 +83,6 @@ extern int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 /* implement the pci_ DMA API in terms of the generic device dma_ one */
 #include <asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h>
 
-static inline struct resource *
-pcibios_select_root(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct resource *res)
-{
-	struct resource *root = NULL;
-
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO)
-		root = &ioport_resource;
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM)
-		root = &iomem_resource;
-
-	return root;
-}
-
 static inline int pci_get_legacy_ide_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, int channel)
 {
 	return channel ? 15 : 14;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pci.h b/include/asm-generic/pci.h
index e80a0495e5b0..f24bc519bf31 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pci.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pci.h
@@ -6,19 +6,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_PCI_H
 #define _ASM_GENERIC_PCI_H
 
-static inline struct resource *
-pcibios_select_root(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct resource *res)
-{
-	struct resource *root = NULL;
-
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO)
-		root = &ioport_resource;
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM)
-		root = &iomem_resource;
-
-	return root;
-}
-
 #ifndef HAVE_ARCH_PCI_GET_LEGACY_IDE_IRQ
 static inline int pci_get_legacy_ide_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, int channel)
 {