diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/serial.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/serial.c
index 83eac37a1ff976a92bca4134b21591dfa179997a..638adab028428002186bb83c589b553a0c40545b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/serial.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/serial.c
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/octeon/octeon.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_GDB_CONSOLE
-#define DEBUG_UART 0
-#else
 #define DEBUG_UART 1
-#endif
 
 unsigned int octeon_serial_in(struct uart_port *up, int offset)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
index d1b5ffaf02819f75d8a123cdeea74e3430aa2025..8c81a5c5bbab503d372b33dd748c3f5bab5cd32b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
@@ -578,9 +578,6 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 	}
 
 	if (strstr(arcs_cmdline, "console=") == NULL) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_GDB_CONSOLE
-		strcat(arcs_cmdline, " console=gdb");
-#else
 #ifdef CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_2ND_KERNEL
 		strcat(arcs_cmdline, " console=ttyS0,115200");
 #else
@@ -588,7 +585,6 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 			strcat(arcs_cmdline, " console=ttyS1,115200");
 		else
 			strcat(arcs_cmdline, " console=ttyS0,115200");
-#endif
 #endif
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/irq.c b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/irq.c
index 51021cfd04bc1de986912be4346da35cba7df1dd..25bbbf428be940917b35cd518139c072918264f0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/irq.c
@@ -150,8 +150,4 @@ void __init arch_init_irq(void)
 	mips_cpu_irq_init();
 	rm7k_cpu_irq_init();
 	rm9k_cpu_irq_init();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_GDB_CONSOLE
-	register_gdb_console();
-#endif
 }