diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/checksum.h b/include/asm-avr32/checksum.h
index af9d53f..4ddbfd2 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/checksum.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/checksum.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  *	passed in an incorrect kernel address to one of these functions.
  *
  *	If you use these functions directly please don't forget the
- *	verify_area().
+ *	access_ok().
  */
 static inline
 __wsum csum_partial_copy_nocheck(const void *src, void *dst,
diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/uaccess.h b/include/asm-avr32/uaccess.h
index 821deb5..74a679e9 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/uaccess.h
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@
 
 #define access_ok(type, addr, size) (likely(__range_ok(addr, size) == 0))
 
-static inline int
-verify_area(int type, const void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
-{
-	return access_ok(type, addr, size) ? 0 : -EFAULT;
-}
-
 /* Generic arbitrary sized copy. Return the number of bytes NOT copied */
 extern __kernel_size_t __copy_user(void *to, const void *from,
 				   __kernel_size_t n);