diff --git a/arch/parisc/Makefile b/arch/parisc/Makefile
index aca1710fd658736a4a9f478d3ecd2f1ce5179bc6..e38d993d87f2166abc60d883eddc1e1426889aa8 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 boot := arch/parisc/boot
 KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/bzImage
 
-NM		= sh $(srctree)/arch/parisc/nm
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__hppa__=1
 
 ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
diff --git a/arch/parisc/nm b/arch/parisc/nm
deleted file mode 100644
index c788308de33f7b065b6cb24359685beeb587ff6f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/parisc/nm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-##
-# Hack to have an nm which removes the local symbols.  We also rely
-# on this nm being hidden out of the ordinarily executable path
-##
-${CROSS_COMPILE}nm $* | grep -v '.LC*[0-9]*$'