local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-/**
- * clockevents_request_device
- */
-struct clock_event_device *clockevents_request_device(unsigned int features,
-                                                     cpumask_t cpumask)
-{
-       struct clock_event_device *cur, *dev = NULL;
-       struct list_head *tmp;
-
-       spin_lock(&clockevents_lock);
-
-       list_for_each(tmp, &clockevent_devices) {
-               cur = list_entry(tmp, struct clock_event_device, list);
-
-               if ((cur->features & features) == features &&
-                   cpus_equal(cpumask, cur->cpumask)) {
-                       if (!dev || dev->rating < cur->rating)
-                               dev = cur;
-               }
-       }
-
-       clockevents_exchange_device(NULL, dev);
-
-       spin_unlock(&clockevents_lock);
-
-       return dev;
-}
-
-/**
- * clockevents_release_device
- */
-void clockevents_release_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
-{
-       spin_lock(&clockevents_lock);
-
-       clockevents_exchange_device(dev, NULL);
-       clockevents_notify_released();
-
-       spin_unlock(&clockevents_lock);
-}
-
 /**
  * clockevents_notify - notification about relevant events
  */