diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 44e7aedac6e8..ae2bdbeec91c 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -141,19 +141,6 @@ extern unsigned long __zero_page(void);
 #define BAD_PAGE	__bad_page()
 #define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)	(virt_to_page(ZERO_PGE))
 
-/* number of bits that fit into a memory pointer */
-#define BITS_PER_PTR			(8*sizeof(unsigned long))
-
-/* to align the pointer to a pointer address */
-#define PTR_MASK			(~(sizeof(void*)-1))
-
-/* sizeof(void*)==1<<SIZEOF_PTR_LOG2 */
-#define SIZEOF_PTR_LOG2			3
-
-/* to find an entry in a page-table */
-#define PAGE_PTR(address)		\
-  ((unsigned long)(address)>>(PAGE_SHIFT-SIZEOF_PTR_LOG2)&PTR_MASK&~PAGE_MASK)
-
 /*
  * On certain platforms whose physical address space can overlap KSEG,
  * namely EV6 and above, we must re-twiddle the physaddr to restore the
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
index 62f2ff4e6799..bba64a9c49ac 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
@@ -119,16 +119,6 @@ extern void *empty_zero_page;
  */
 #define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)	(virt_to_page(empty_zero_page))
 
-/* number of bits that fit into a memory pointer */
-#define BITS_PER_PTR			(8*sizeof(unsigned long))
-
-/* to align the pointer to a pointer address */
-#define PTR_MASK			(~(sizeof(void*)-1))
-
-/* sizeof(void*)==1<<SIZEOF_PTR_LOG2 */
-/* 64-bit machines, beware!  SRB. */
-#define SIZEOF_PTR_LOG2			       2
-
 extern void kernel_set_cachemode(void *addr, unsigned long size, int cmode);
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index d33702831505..138f46fc838b 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -183,20 +183,6 @@ extern void paging_init(void);
 extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[2048];
 #define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page))
 
-/* number of bits that fit into a memory pointer */
-#define BITS_PER_PTR			(8*sizeof(unsigned long))
-
-/* to align the pointer to a pointer address */
-#define PTR_MASK			(~(sizeof(void *)-1))
-
-/* sizeof(void*)==1<<SIZEOF_PTR_LOG2 */
-/* 64-bit machines, beware!  SRB. */
-#define SIZEOF_PTR_LOG2			2
-
-/* to find an entry in a page-table */
-#define PAGE_PTR(address) \
-((unsigned long)(address)>>(PAGE_SHIFT-SIZEOF_PTR_LOG2)&PTR_MASK&~PAGE_MASK)
-
 /* to set the page-dir */
 #define SET_PAGE_DIR(tsk, pgdir)