diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
index 365d4cb267b439..dd27159819ebed 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-/*
- * The sparc has no problems with write protection
- */
-#define wp_works_ok 1
-#define wp_works_ok__is_a_macro /* for versions in ksyms.c */
-
 /* Whee, this is STACK_TOP + PAGE_SIZE and the lowest kernel address too...
  * That one page is used to protect kernel from intruders, so that
  * we can make our access_ok test faster
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
index 6448cfc8292f72..b58ee901843342 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-/* The sparc has no problems with write protection */
-#define wp_works_ok 1
-#define wp_works_ok__is_a_macro /* for versions in ksyms.c */
-
 /*
  * User lives in his very own context, and cannot reference us. Note
  * that TASK_SIZE is a misnomer, it really gives maximum user virtual