diff --git a/arch/um/include/irq_kern.h b/arch/um/include/irq_kern.h
index 4f77559..fba3895 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/irq_kern.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/irq_kern.h
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 			  irq_handler_t handler,
 			  unsigned long irqflags,  const char * devname,
 			  void *dev_id);
-extern int init_aio_irq(int irq, char *name,
-			irq_handler_t handler);
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/um/include/irq_user.h b/arch/um/include/irq_user.h
index e60b318..c6c784d 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/irq_user.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/irq_user.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 enum { IRQ_READ, IRQ_WRITE };
 
 extern void sigio_handler(int sig, struct uml_pt_regs *regs);
-extern int activate_fd(int irq, int fd, int type, void *dev_id);
-extern void free_irq_by_irq_and_dev(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id);
 extern void free_irq_by_fd(int fd);
 extern void reactivate_fd(int fd, int irqnum);
 extern void deactivate_fd(int fd, int irqnum);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/irq.c b/arch/um/kernel/irq.c
index 91587f8..3d7aad0 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/irq.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(irq_lock);
 
-int activate_fd(int irq, int fd, int type, void *dev_id)
+static int activate_fd(int irq, int fd, int type, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct pollfd *tmp_pfd;
 	struct irq_fd *new_fd, *irq_fd;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 	return ((irq->irq == data->irq) && (irq->id == data->dev));
 }
 
-void free_irq_by_irq_and_dev(unsigned int irq, void *dev)
+static void free_irq_by_irq_and_dev(unsigned int irq, void *dev)
 {
 	struct irq_and_dev data = ((struct irq_and_dev) { .irq  = irq,
 							  .dev  = dev });
@@ -403,37 +403,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-int init_aio_irq(int irq, char *name, irq_handler_t handler)
-{
-	int fds[2], err;
-
-	err = os_pipe(fds, 1, 1);
-	if (err) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "init_aio_irq - os_pipe failed, err = %d\n",
-		       -err);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	err = um_request_irq(irq, fds[0], IRQ_READ, handler,
-			     IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM, name,
-			     (void *) (long) fds[0]);
-	if (err) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "init_aio_irq - : um_request_irq failed, "
-		       "err = %d\n",
-		       err);
-		goto out_close;
-	}
-
-	err = fds[1];
-	goto out;
-
- out_close:
-	os_close_file(fds[0]);
-	os_close_file(fds[1]);
- out:
-	return err;
-}
-
 /*
  * IRQ stack entry and exit:
  *