diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/perfctr.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/perfctr.h
index 8368730..8d8720a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/perfctr.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/perfctr.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
  * from enumeration below.  The meaning of further arguments
  * are determined by the operation code.
  *
- * int sys_perfctr(int opcode, unsigned long arg0,
- *                 unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2)
+ * NOTE: This system call is no longer provided, use the perf_events
+ *       infrastructure.
  *
  * Pointers which are passed by the user are pointers to 64-bit
  * integers.
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h
index d47a98e..d24cfe1 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h
@@ -143,15 +143,7 @@
 	 * and 2 stores in this critical code path.  -DaveM
 	 */
 #define switch_to(prev, next, last)					\
-do {	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_PERFCTR)) {				\
-		unsigned long __tmp;					\
-		read_pcr(__tmp);					\
-		current_thread_info()->pcr_reg = __tmp;			\
-		read_pic(__tmp);					\
-		current_thread_info()->kernel_cntd0 += (unsigned int)(__tmp);\
-		current_thread_info()->kernel_cntd1 += ((__tmp) >> 32);	\
-	}								\
-	flush_tlb_pending();						\
+do {	flush_tlb_pending();						\
 	save_and_clear_fpu();						\
 	/* If you are tempted to conditionalize the following */	\
 	/* so that ASI is only written if it changes, think again. */	\
@@ -197,11 +189,6 @@
 	        "l1", "l2", "l3", "l4", "l5", "l6", "l7",		\
 	  "i0", "i1", "i2", "i3", "i4", "i5",				\
 	  "o0", "o1", "o2", "o3", "o4", "o5",       "o7");		\
-	/* If you fuck with this, update ret_from_syscall code too. */	\
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_PERFCTR)) {				\
-		write_pcr(current_thread_info()->pcr_reg);		\
-		reset_pic();						\
-	}								\
 } while(0)
 
 static inline unsigned long xchg32(__volatile__ unsigned int *m, unsigned int val)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
index 39be9f2..9e2d944 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@
 	unsigned long		gsr[7];
 	unsigned long		xfsr[7];
 
-	__u64			__user *user_cntd0;
-	__u64			__user *user_cntd1;
-	__u64			kernel_cntd0, kernel_cntd1;
-	__u64			pcr_reg;
-
 	struct restart_block	restart_block;
 
 	struct pt_regs		*kern_una_regs;
@@ -96,15 +91,10 @@
 #define TI_RWIN_SPTRS	0x000003c8
 #define TI_GSR		0x00000400
 #define TI_XFSR		0x00000438
-#define TI_USER_CNTD0	0x00000470
-#define TI_USER_CNTD1	0x00000478
-#define TI_KERN_CNTD0	0x00000480
-#define TI_KERN_CNTD1	0x00000488
-#define TI_PCR		0x00000490
-#define TI_RESTART_BLOCK 0x00000498
-#define TI_KUNA_REGS	0x000004c8
-#define TI_KUNA_INSN	0x000004d0
-#define TI_FPREGS	0x00000500
+#define TI_RESTART_BLOCK 0x00000470
+#define TI_KUNA_REGS	0x000004a0
+#define TI_KUNA_INSN	0x000004a8
+#define TI_FPREGS	0x000004c0
 
 /* We embed this in the uppermost byte of thread_info->flags */
 #define FAULT_CODE_WRITE	0x01	/* Write access, implies D-TLB	   */
@@ -199,7 +189,7 @@
  *
  * On trap return we need to test several values:
  *
- * user:	need_resched, notify_resume, sigpending, wsaved, perfctr
+ * user:	need_resched, notify_resume, sigpending, wsaved
  * kernel:	fpdepth
  *
  * So to check for work in the kernel case we simply load the fpdepth
@@ -220,7 +210,7 @@
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	1	/* callback before returning to user */
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING		2	/* signal pending */
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	3	/* rescheduling necessary */
-#define TIF_PERFCTR		4	/* performance counters active */
+/* flag bit 4 is available */
 #define TIF_UNALIGNED		5	/* allowed to do unaligned accesses */
 /* flag bit 6 is available */
 #define TIF_32BIT		7	/* 32-bit binary */
@@ -241,7 +231,6 @@
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
-#define _TIF_PERFCTR		(1<<TIF_PERFCTR)
 #define _TIF_UNALIGNED		(1<<TIF_UNALIGNED)
 #define _TIF_32BIT		(1<<TIF_32BIT)
 #define _TIF_SECCOMP		(1<<TIF_SECCOMP)
@@ -252,7 +241,7 @@
 
 #define _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK	((0xff << TI_FLAG_WSAVED_SHIFT) | \
 				 _TIF_DO_NOTIFY_RESUME_MASK | \
-				 _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | _TIF_PERFCTR)
+				 _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_DO_NOTIFY_RESUME_MASK	(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_SIGPENDING)
 
 /*