diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 4a741c7efd0274..1a1bb00f061a9b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -62,21 +62,8 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_thread_info	(init_thread_union.thread_info)
 #define init_stack		(init_thread_union.stack)
 
-/* thread information allocation */
-
-#if THREAD_SHIFT >= PAGE_SHIFT
-
 #define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(THREAD_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
 
-#else /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */
-
-#define __HAVE_ARCH_THREAD_INFO_ALLOCATOR
-
-extern struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node);
-extern void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti);
-
-#endif /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */
-
 /* how to get the thread information struct from C */
 static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 4937c9690090d0..aa05935b694777 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1252,37 +1252,6 @@ void __ppc64_runlatch_off(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
-#if THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT
-
-static struct kmem_cache *thread_info_cache;
-
-struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
-{
-	struct thread_info *ti;
-
-	ti = kmem_cache_alloc_node(thread_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL, node);
-	if (unlikely(ti == NULL))
-		return NULL;
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
-	memset(ti, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
-#endif
-	return ti;
-}
-
-void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
-{
-	kmem_cache_free(thread_info_cache, ti);
-}
-
-void thread_info_cache_init(void)
-{
-	thread_info_cache = kmem_cache_create("thread_info", THREAD_SIZE,
-					      THREAD_SIZE, 0, NULL);
-	BUG_ON(thread_info_cache == NULL);
-}
-
-#endif /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */
-
 unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned long sp)
 {
 	if (!(current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) && randomize_va_space)