diff --git a/zipl/boot/stage2dump.h b/zipl/boot/stage2dump.h
index c05b835e..8df4bea1 100644
--- a/zipl/boot/stage2dump.h
+++ b/zipl/boot/stage2dump.h
@@ -29,19 +29,6 @@ struct stage2dump_parm_tail {
 extern struct stage2dump_parm_tail parm_tail
 	__attribute__ ((section(".stage2dump.tail")));
 
-/*
- * Load 4 bytes from addr
- */
-static inline unsigned int load(unsigned long addr)
-{
-	unsigned int val;
-
-	asm volatile(
-		"	l	%0,0(%1)\n"
-		: "=d" (val) : "d" (addr) : "cc");
-	return val;
-}
-
 /*
  * S390 dump format defines
  */