diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index a508e2939ac5..504f26471fd1 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ void asmlinkage __attribute__((weak)) early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 #define __LOG_BUF_LEN	(1 << CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT)
 
-#ifdef        CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
-extern void printascii(char *);
-#endif
-
 /* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
 #define DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL 4 /* KERN_WARNING */
 
@@ -718,9 +714,6 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	printed_len += vscnprintf(printk_buf + printed_len,
 				  sizeof(printk_buf) - printed_len, fmt, args);
 
-#ifdef	CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
-	printascii(printk_buf);
-#endif
 
 	p = printk_buf;