diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-realview/Makefile
index a01b76b7c956..ba85e5290b71 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/Makefile
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_REALVIEW_PBA8)	+= realview_pba8.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_REALVIEW_PBX)		+= realview_pbx.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)			+= platsmp.o headsmp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)		+= hotplug.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS)		+= localtimer.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/localtimer.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/localtimer.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b4e111f459..000000000000
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/localtimer.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  linux/arch/arm/mach-realview/localtimer.c
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 ARM Ltd.
- *  All Rights Reserved
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/clockchips.h>
-
-#include <asm/irq.h>
-#include <asm/smp_twd.h>
-#include <asm/localtimer.h>
-
-/*
- * Setup the local clock events for a CPU.
- */
-void __cpuinit local_timer_setup(struct clock_event_device *evt)
-{
-	evt->irq = IRQ_LOCALTIMER;
-	twd_timer_setup(evt);
-}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Makefile
index 2c0ac7de2814..cfe344ec1d6d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ obj-y					:= v2m.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS_CA9X4)	+= ct-ca9x4.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)			+= platsmp.o headsmp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)		+= hotplug.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS)		+= localtimer.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-versatile/Makefile b/arch/arm/plat-versatile/Makefile
index 41f57f4b9038..b511abb10198 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-versatile/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-versatile/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 obj-y	:= clock.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS) += localtimer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PLAT_VERSATILE_CLCD) += clcd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PLAT_VERSATILE_FPGA_IRQ) += fpga-irq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PLAT_VERSATILE_LEDS) += leds.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/localtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-versatile/localtimer.c
similarity index 92%
rename from arch/arm/mach-vexpress/localtimer.c
rename to arch/arm/plat-versatile/localtimer.c
index c0e3a59a0bfc..83ebee569333 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/localtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-versatile/localtimer.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  linux/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/localtimer.c
+ *  linux/arch/arm/plat-versatile/localtimer.c
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2002 ARM Ltd.
  *  All Rights Reserved