diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/topology.h
index 76b0d0ebb244..b11d5fcd2c41 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ static inline const struct cpumask *cpumask_of_node(int node)
 /* For now, use numa node -1 for global allocation. */
 #define pcibus_to_node(bus)		((void)(bus), -1)
 
-/* By definition, we create nodes based on online memory. */
-#define node_has_online_mem(nid) 1
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
 #include <asm-generic/topology.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index 73ddad1e0fa3..afce69296ac0 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <asm/topology.h>
 
-#ifndef node_has_online_mem
-#define node_has_online_mem(nid) (1)
-#endif
-
 #ifndef nr_cpus_node
 #define nr_cpus_node(node) cpumask_weight(cpumask_of_node(node))
 #endif