diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
index 5e55302e3bf6..8a072d00e688 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 /* Compiler specific definitions for Clang compiler */
 
-#define uninitialized_var(x) x = *(&(x))
-
 /* same as gcc, this was present in clang-2.6 so we can assume it works
  * with any version that can compile the kernel
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 1c74464c80c6..4099ac8b7f10 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@
 	(typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off));					\
 })
 
-/*
- * A trick to suppress uninitialized variable warning without generating any
- * code
- */
-#define uninitialized_var(x) x = x
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
 #define __noretpoline __attribute__((__indirect_branch__("keep")))
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index 9f9002734e19..2f2f4082225e 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@
 # define noinline
 #endif
 
-#define uninitialized_var(x) x = *(&(x))
-
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 /*
diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h b/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
index caab980211a6..315e85cabeda 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ static inline void free_page(unsigned long addr)
 	const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);	\
 	(type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
 
-#define uninitialized_var(x) x = x
-
 # ifndef likely
 #  define likely(x)	(__builtin_expect(!!(x), 1))
 # endif