1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

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++) {