diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 9644424591da..4bc453f5bbaa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -712,10 +712,6 @@ static bool block_size_is_power_of_two(struct cache *cache)
 	return cache->sectors_per_block_shift >= 0;
 }
 
-/* gcc on ARM generates spurious references to __udivdi3 and __umoddi3 */
-#if defined(CONFIG_ARM) && __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 6
-__always_inline
-#endif
 static dm_block_t block_div(dm_block_t b, uint32_t n)
 {
 	do_div(b, n);