diff --git a/arch/mips/mips-boards/generic/time.c b/arch/mips/mips-boards/generic/time.c
index 075f9d4..345de88 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mips-boards/generic/time.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mips-boards/generic/time.c
@@ -68,108 +68,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Redeclare until I get around mopping the timer code insanity on MIPS.
- */
-extern int null_perf_irq(void);
-
-extern int (*perf_irq)(void);
-
-/*
- * Possibly handle a performance counter interrupt.
- * Return true if the timer interrupt should not be checked
- */
-static inline int handle_perf_irq (int r2)
-{
-	/*
-	 * The performance counter overflow interrupt may be shared with the
-	 * timer interrupt (cp0_perfcount_irq < 0). If it is and a
-	 * performance counter has overflowed (perf_irq() == IRQ_HANDLED)
-	 * and we can't reliably determine if a counter interrupt has also
-	 * happened (!r2) then don't check for a timer interrupt.
-	 */
-	return (cp0_perfcount_irq < 0) &&
-		perf_irq() == IRQ_HANDLED &&
-		!r2;
-}
-
-irqreturn_t mips_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
-{
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC
-	/*
-	 *  In an SMTC system, one Count/Compare set exists per VPE.
-	 *  Which TC within a VPE gets the interrupt is essentially
-	 *  random - we only know that it shouldn't be one with
-	 *  IXMT set. Whichever TC gets the interrupt needs to
-	 *  send special interprocessor interrupts to the other
-	 *  TCs to make sure that they schedule, etc.
-	 *
-	 *  That code is specific to the SMTC kernel, not to
-	 *  the a particular platform, so it's invoked from
-	 *  the general MIPS timer_interrupt routine.
-	 */
-
-	/*
-	 * We could be here due to timer interrupt,
-	 * perf counter overflow, or both.
-	 */
-	(void) handle_perf_irq(1);
-
-	if (read_c0_cause() & (1 << 30)) {
-		/*
-		 * There are things we only want to do once per tick
-		 * in an "MP" system.   One TC of each VPE will take
-		 * the actual timer interrupt.  The others will get
-		 * timer broadcast IPIs. We use whoever it is that takes
-		 * the tick on VPE 0 to run the full timer_interrupt().
-		 */
-		if (cpu_data[cpu].vpe_id == 0) {
-			timer_interrupt(irq, NULL);
-		} else {
-			write_c0_compare(read_c0_count() +
-			                 (mips_hpt_frequency/HZ));
-			local_timer_interrupt(irq, dev_id);
-		}
-		smtc_timer_broadcast();
-	}
-#else /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC */
-	int r2 = cpu_has_mips_r2;
-
-	if (handle_perf_irq(r2))
-		goto out;
-
-	if (r2 && ((read_c0_cause() & (1 << 30)) == 0))
-		goto out;
-
-	if (cpu == 0) {
-		/*
-		 * CPU 0 handles the global timer interrupt job and process
-		 * accounting resets count/compare registers to trigger next
-		 * timer int.
-		 */
-		timer_interrupt(irq, NULL);
-	} else {
-		/* Everyone else needs to reset the timer int here as
-		   ll_local_timer_interrupt doesn't */
-		/*
-		 * FIXME: need to cope with counter underflow.
-		 * More support needs to be added to kernel/time for
-		 * counter/timer interrupts on multiple CPU's
-		 */
-		write_c0_compare(read_c0_count() + (mips_hpt_frequency/HZ));
-
-		/*
-		 * Other CPUs should do profiling and process accounting
-		 */
-		local_timer_interrupt(irq, dev_id);
-	}
-out:
-#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC */
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
-}
-
-/*
  * Estimate CPU frequency.  Sets mips_hpt_frequency as a side-effect
  */
 static unsigned int __init estimate_cpu_frequency(void)
@@ -246,7 +144,7 @@
 	mips_scroll_message();
 }
 
-irqreturn_t mips_perf_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
+static irqreturn_t mips_perf_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	return perf_irq();
 }
@@ -257,8 +155,10 @@
 	.name = "performance",
 };
 
-void __init plat_perf_setup(struct irqaction *irq)
+void __init plat_perf_setup(void)
 {
+	struct irqaction *irq = &perf_irqaction;
+
 	cp0_perfcount_irq = -1;
 
 #ifdef MSC01E_INT_BASE
@@ -297,8 +197,6 @@
 		mips_cpu_timer_irq = MIPS_CPU_IRQ_BASE + cp0_compare_irq;
 	}
 
-	/* we are using the cpu counter for timer interrupts */
-	irq->handler = mips_timer_interrupt;	/* we use our own handler */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC
 	setup_irq_smtc(mips_cpu_timer_irq, irq, 0x100 << cp0_compare_irq);
 #else
@@ -308,5 +206,5 @@
 	set_irq_handler(mips_cpu_timer_irq, handle_percpu_irq);
 #endif
 
-	plat_perf_setup(&perf_irqaction);
+	plat_perf_setup();
 }