diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/barrier.h
index 808001c9cf8c65..0961275373dbb6 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_AVR32_BARRIER_H
 #define __ASM_AVR32_BARRIER_H
 
+#define nop()			asm volatile("nop")
+
 #define mb()			asm volatile("" : : : "memory")
 #define rmb()			mb()
 #define wmb()			asm volatile("sync 0" : : : "memory")
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/special_insns.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f922218dfaa5ae..00000000000000
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/special_insns.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Atmel Corporation
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-#ifndef __ASM_AVR32_SPECIAL_INSNS_H
-#define __ASM_AVR32_SPECIAL_INSNS_H
-
-#define nop() asm volatile("nop")
-
-#endif /* __ASM_AVR32_SPECIAL_INSNS_H */