diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 754a23f26736..783bfdb3bfa3 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -667,11 +667,6 @@ extern unsigned long arc_clear_user_noinline(void __user *to,
 #define __clear_user(d, n)		arc_clear_user_noinline(d, n)
 #endif
 
-extern long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
-#define strncpy_from_user(d, s, n)	strncpy_from_user(d, s, n)
-extern long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n);
-#define strnlen_user(s, n)		strnlen_user(s, n)
-
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 #include <asm-generic/uaccess.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/uaccess.h
index d950df12d8c5..ef5bfef8d490 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ unsigned long raw_copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from,
 __kernel_size_t __clear_user_hexagon(void __user *dest, unsigned long count);
 #define __clear_user(a, s) __clear_user_hexagon((a), (s))
 
-extern long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n);
-#define strnlen_user strnlen_user
-
-extern long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long n)
-#define strncpy_from_user strncpy_from_user
-
 #include <asm-generic/uaccess.h>
 
 
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/um/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 3bf209f683f8..191ef36dd543 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -23,16 +23,13 @@
 
 extern unsigned long raw_copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n);
 extern unsigned long raw_copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n);
-extern long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
-extern long strnlen_user(const void __user *str, long len);
 extern unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *mem, unsigned long len);
 static inline int __access_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
 
 /* Teach asm-generic/uaccess.h that we have C functions for these. */
 #define __access_ok __access_ok
 #define __clear_user __clear_user
-#define strnlen_user strnlen_user
-#define strncpy_from_user strncpy_from_user
+
 #define INLINE_COPY_FROM_USER
 #define INLINE_COPY_TO_USER