diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-lantiq/lantiq.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-lantiq/lantiq.h
index 8064d7a4b33d..d750f93232e4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-lantiq/lantiq.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-lantiq/lantiq.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ extern struct clk *clk_get_ppe(void);
 
 /* find out what bootsource we have */
 extern unsigned char ltq_boot_select(void);
-/* find out what caused the last cpu reset */
-extern int ltq_reset_cause(void);
 /* find out the soc type */
 extern int ltq_soc_type(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/falcon/reset.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/falcon/reset.c
index 7a535d72f541..3b22a541b685 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/falcon/reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/falcon/reset.c
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <lantiq_soc.h>
 
-/* CPU0 Reset Source Register */
-#define SYS1_CPU0RS		0x0040
-/* reset cause mask */
-#define CPU0RS_MASK		0x0003
-/* CPU0 Boot Mode Register */
-#define SYS1_BM			0x00a0
 /* boot mode mask */
 #define BM_MASK			0x0005
 
@@ -30,13 +24,6 @@ unsigned char ltq_boot_select(void)
 	return ltq_sys1_r32(SYS1_BM) & BM_MASK;
 }
 
-/* allow the watchdog driver to find out what the boot reason was */
-int ltq_reset_cause(void)
-{
-	return ltq_sys1_r32(SYS1_CPU0RS) & CPU0RS_MASK;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ltq_reset_cause);
-
 #define BOOT_REG_BASE	(KSEG1 | 0x1F200000)
 #define BOOT_PW1_REG	(BOOT_REG_BASE | 0x20)
 #define BOOT_PW2_REG	(BOOT_REG_BASE | 0x24)
diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/reset.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/reset.c
index b6752c95a600..2dedcf939901 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/reset.c
@@ -119,25 +119,6 @@ static void ltq_rcu_w32_mask(uint32_t clr, uint32_t set, uint32_t reg_off)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ltq_rcu_lock, flags);
 }
 
-/* This function is used by the watchdog driver */
-int ltq_reset_cause(void)
-{
-	u32 val = ltq_rcu_r32(RCU_RST_STAT);
-	return val >> RCU_STAT_SHIFT;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ltq_reset_cause);
-
-/* allow platform code to find out what source we booted from */
-unsigned char ltq_boot_select(void)
-{
-	u32 val = ltq_rcu_r32(RCU_RST_STAT);
-
-	if (of_device_is_compatible(ltq_rcu_np, "lantiq,rcu-xrx200"))
-		return RCU_BOOT_SEL_XRX200(val);
-
-	return RCU_BOOT_SEL(val);
-}
-
 struct ltq_gphy_reset {
 	u32 rd;
 	u32 addr;