diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index e21ae03b208..3dc38279716 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/poison.h>
 
-#ifndef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
-#define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
-static inline void prefetch(const void *x) {;}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Simple doubly linked list implementation.
  *