diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm-debug.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm-debug.c
index e01da45c053756f62ac08956620dc16dd09d3407..d9f08210be313c8ce705d61ccf6921f582454490 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm-debug.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm-debug.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 int omap2_pm_debug;
 u32 enable_off_mode;
-u32 sleep_while_idle;
 u32 wakeup_timer_seconds;
 u32 wakeup_timer_milliseconds;
 
@@ -639,8 +638,6 @@ static int pm_dbg_init(void)
 
 	(void) debugfs_create_file("enable_off_mode", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, d,
 				   &enable_off_mode, &pm_dbg_option_fops);
-	(void) debugfs_create_file("sleep_while_idle", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, d,
-				   &sleep_while_idle, &pm_dbg_option_fops);
 	(void) debugfs_create_file("wakeup_timer_seconds", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, d,
 				   &wakeup_timer_seconds, &pm_dbg_option_fops);
 	(void) debugfs_create_file("wakeup_timer_milliseconds",
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm.h
index 45bcfce7735248732a609f647870cee35d19f8a9..674eedcee92cf9fef7937156896c5a0c89de1572 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm.h
@@ -69,13 +69,11 @@ extern void omap2_pm_dump(int mode, int resume, unsigned int us);
 extern void omap2_pm_wakeup_on_timer(u32 seconds, u32 milliseconds);
 extern int omap2_pm_debug;
 extern u32 enable_off_mode;
-extern u32 sleep_while_idle;
 #else
 #define omap2_pm_dump(mode, resume, us)		do {} while (0);
 #define omap2_pm_wakeup_on_timer(seconds, milliseconds)	do {} while (0);
 #define omap2_pm_debug				0
 #define enable_off_mode 0
-#define sleep_while_idle 0
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PM_DEBUG) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
index c155c9d1c82cbe3b7868e545b02033e530f0afca..cb342447544c967c0f7a0b312bd5dd61cad9c25f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
@@ -497,8 +497,6 @@ void omap_sram_idle(void)
 
 int omap3_can_sleep(void)
 {
-	if (!sleep_while_idle)
-		return 0;
 	if (!omap_uart_can_sleep())
 		return 0;
 	return 1;