diff --git a/arch/sparc/lib/bootm.c b/arch/sparc/lib/bootm.c
index 9e2b78464d..927a351013 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/lib/bootm.c
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ extern image_header_t header;
 extern void srmmu_init_cpu(unsigned int entry);
 extern void prepare_bootargs(char *bootargs);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_USB_UHCI
-extern int usb_lowlevel_stop(int index);
-#endif
-
 /* sparc kernel argument (the ROM vector) */
 struct linux_romvec *kernel_arg_promvec;
 
@@ -111,10 +107,6 @@ int do_bootm_linux(int flag, int argc, char * const argv[], bootm_headers_t * im
 	       linux_hdr->linuxver_minor, linux_hdr->linuxver_revision);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_USB_UHCI
-	usb_lowlevel_stop();
-#endif
-
 	/* set basic boot params in kernel header now that it has been
 	 * extracted and is writeable.
 	 */