diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/string.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/string.h
index 724f5bd..8f67ec7 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/string.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/string.h
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 #define __MICROBLAZE_STRING_H__
 
 #if 0
-#define __HAVE_ARCH_BCOPY
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
 
 extern void *memcpy (void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
-extern void bcopy (const char *, char *, int);
 extern void *memset (void *, int, __kernel_size_t);
 extern void *memmove (void *, const void *, __kernel_size_t);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.S
index 8152ac9..56bb3b8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.S
@@ -92,13 +92,6 @@ memset:
 	bdnz	8b
 	blr
 
-	.globl	bcopy
-bcopy:
-	mr	r6,r3
-	mr	r3,r4
-	mr	r4,r6
-	b	memcpy
-
 	.globl	memmove
 memmove:
 	cmplw	0,r3,r4
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index c7047ba..091ccab 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ extern __kernel_size_t strspn(const char *,const char *);
  */
 #include <asm/string.h>
 
-#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_BCOPY
-char *bcopy(const char *src, char *dest, int count);
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCPY
 extern char * strcpy(char *,const char *);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 87c9a40..67d5f6a 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -461,30 +461,6 @@ void * memset(void * s,int c,size_t count)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_BCOPY
-/**
- * bcopy - Copy one area of memory to another
- * @src: Where to copy from
- * @dest: Where to copy to
- * @count: The size of the area.
- *
- * Note that this is the same as memcpy(), with the arguments reversed.
- * memcpy() is the standard, bcopy() is a legacy BSD function.
- *
- * You should not use this function to access IO space, use memcpy_toio()
- * or memcpy_fromio() instead.
- */
-char * bcopy(const char * src, char * dest, int count)
-{
-	char *tmp = dest;
-
-	while (count--)
-		*tmp++ = *src++;
-
-	return dest;
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
 /**
  * memcpy - Copy one area of memory to another