diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
index 28cdbd9f399c..03c48e819c8e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #define MSR_		MSR_ME | MSR_CE
 #define MSR_KERNEL	MSR_ | MSR_64BIT
-#define MSR_USER32	MSR_ | MSR_PR | MSR_EE | MSR_DE
+#define MSR_USER32	MSR_ | MSR_PR | MSR_EE
 #define MSR_USER64	MSR_USER32 | MSR_64BIT
 #elif defined (CONFIG_40x)
 #define MSR_KERNEL	(MSR_ME|MSR_RI|MSR_IR|MSR_DR|MSR_CE)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index ad3612af0a04..6457574c0b2f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -486,28 +486,6 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 	new_thread = &new->thread;
 	old_thread = &current->thread;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E_64)
-	/* XXX Current Book3E code doesn't deal with kernel side DBCR0,
-	 * we always hold the user values, so we set it now.
-	 *
-	 * However, we ensure the kernel MSR:DE is appropriately cleared too
-	 * to avoid spurrious single step exceptions in the kernel.
-	 *
-	 * This will have to change to merge with the ppc32 code at some point,
-	 * but I don't like much what ppc32 is doing today so there's some
-	 * thinking needed there
-	 */
-	if ((new_thread->dbcr0 | old_thread->dbcr0) & DBCR0_IDM) {
-		u32 dbcr0;
-
-		mtmsr(mfmsr() & ~MSR_DE);
-		isync();
-		dbcr0 = mfspr(SPRN_DBCR0);
-		dbcr0 = (dbcr0 & DBCR0_EDM) | new_thread->dbcr0;
-		mtspr(SPRN_DBCR0, dbcr0);
-	}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64_BOOK3E */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	/*
 	 * Collect processor utilization data per process