diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 1e3862e41065..a7308b2cd058 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -728,12 +728,6 @@ int in_gate_area_no_task(unsigned long addr)
 	return (addr >= VSYSCALL_START) && (addr < VSYSCALL_END);
 }
 
-void * __init alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size)
-{
-	return __alloc_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, size,
-			SMP_CACHE_BYTES, (4UL*1024*1024*1024), 0);
-}
-
 const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	if (vma->vm_mm && vma->vm_start == (long)vma->vm_mm->context.vdso)
diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem.h b/include/linux/bootmem.h
index c83534ee1e79..0365ec9fc0c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootmem.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ extern void *__alloc_bootmem_core(struct bootmem_data *bdata,
 				  unsigned long align,
 				  unsigned long goal,
 				  unsigned long limit);
-extern void *alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE
 extern void reserve_bootmem(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 08fb14f5eea3..e06f514fe04f 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -220,12 +220,6 @@ static int __meminit sparse_init_one_section(struct mem_section *ms,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-__attribute__((weak)) __init
-void *alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static unsigned long usemap_size(void)
 {
 	unsigned long size_bytes;
@@ -267,11 +261,6 @@ struct page __init *sparse_mem_map_populate(unsigned long pnum, int nid)
 	if (map)
 		return map;
 
-  	map = alloc_bootmem_high_node(NODE_DATA(nid),
-                       sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
-	if (map)
-		return map;
-
 	map = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid),
 			sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
 	return map;