diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
index d3c64088b981..beda4232ce69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -556,15 +556,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigqueueinfo(int pid, int sig,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* These are here just in case some old ia32 binary calls it. */
-asmlinkage long sys32_pause(void)
-{
-	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
-	schedule();
-	return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
-}
-
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
 struct sysctl_ia32 {
 	unsigned int	name;