diff --git a/arch/arm/common/it8152.c b/arch/arm/common/it8152.c
index d1bcd7b13ebc..fb1f1cfce60c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/it8152.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/it8152.c
@@ -320,13 +320,6 @@ int __init it8152_pci_setup(int nr, struct pci_sys_data *sys)
 	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
-/*
- * If we set up a device for bus mastering, we need to check the latency
- * timer as we don't have even crappy BIOSes to set it properly.
- * The implementation is from arch/i386/pci/i386.c
- */
-unsigned int pcibios_max_latency = 255;
-
 /* ITE bridge requires setting latency timer to avoid early bus access
    termination by PCI bus master devices
 */