diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
index 5b245264a9..9558d692e3 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ static struct cpu_dev amd_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
 	.c_vendor	= "AMD",
 	.c_ident 	= { "AuthenticAMD" },
 	.c_init		= init_amd,
-	.c_identify	= generic_identify,
 };
 
 int __init amd_init_cpu(void)
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/common.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/common.c
index cc836243a1..186863d131 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/common.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/common.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static void __init early_cpu_detect(void)
 	c->x86_capability[4] = cap4;
 }
 
-void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c)
+static void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u32 tfms, xlvl, capability, excap, ebx;
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h
index 16e99ea366..e0ed6209c4 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -28,6 +28,4 @@ extern unsigned int opt_cpuid_mask_ext_ecx, opt_cpuid_mask_ext_edx;
 extern int get_model_name(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 extern void display_cacheinfo(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
-extern void generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c);
-
 extern void early_intel_workaround(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cyrix.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cyrix.c
index e33eb70e56..3f538c127c 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ static struct cpu_dev cyrix_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
 	.c_vendor	= "Cyrix",
 	.c_ident 	= { "CyrixInstead" },
 	.c_init		= init_cyrix,
-	.c_identify	= generic_identify,
 };
 
 int __init cyrix_init_cpu(void)
@@ -303,7 +302,6 @@ static struct cpu_dev nsc_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
 	.c_vendor	= "NSC",
 	.c_ident 	= { "Geode by NSC" },
 	.c_init		= init_cyrix,
-	.c_identify	= generic_identify,
 };
 
 int __init nsc_init_cpu(void)
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
index a0d47e6f4d..5633c07854 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static struct cpu_dev intel_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
 		},
 	},
 	.c_init		= init_intel,
-	.c_identify	= generic_identify,
 	.c_size_cache	= intel_size_cache,
 };
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/transmeta.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/transmeta.c
index 4161764cb9..493a02a587 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/transmeta.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/transmeta.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ static void __init init_transmeta(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 static void transmeta_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c)
 {
 	u32 xlvl;
-	generic_identify(c);
 
 	/* Transmeta-defined flags: level 0x80860001 */
 	xlvl = cpuid_eax(0x80860000);