diff --git a/base/linux-header/linux-header.conf b/base/linux-header/linux-header.conf
index 3dad8ee5c..1cfc57bc3 100644
--- a/base/linux-header/linux-header.conf
+++ b/base/linux-header/linux-header.conf
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-# we overwrite lx_cpu here, since the headers are older than the linux26
-# packages and do not have the combined powerpc arch for both 32/64bit ...
-# lx_cpu=`echo $arch | arch2uname | sed -e s/mips64/mips/`
-
 . $base/package/*/*/linux-conf.in
 
 autopatch=0
@@ -46,4 +42,3 @@ var_append makeinstopt ' ' "INSTALL_HDR_PATH=$root/$prefix"
 var_append makeinstopt ' ' "oldheaders= unwanted="
 var_append makeinstopt ' ' "headers_check"
 var_append makeinstopt ' ' "headers_install"
-