diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 2289a8d6831..1afcc78dc3b 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -57,11 +57,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_tz);
  */
 asmlinkage long sys_time(time_t __user * tloc)
 {
-	time_t i;
-	struct timespec tv;
-
-	getnstimeofday(&tv);
-	i = tv.tv_sec;
+	time_t i = get_seconds();
 
 	if (tloc) {
 		if (put_user(i,tloc))
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 4ad79f6bdec..7e8983aecf8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -49,19 +49,12 @@ struct timespec wall_to_monotonic __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
 static unsigned long total_sleep_time;		/* seconds */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xtime);
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
 static struct timespec xtime_cache __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
 static inline void update_xtime_cache(u64 nsec)
 {
 	xtime_cache = xtime;
 	timespec_add_ns(&xtime_cache, nsec);
 }
-#else
-#define xtime_cache xtime
-/* We do *not* want to evaluate the argument for this case */
-#define update_xtime_cache(n) do { } while (0)
-#endif
 
 static struct clocksource *clock; /* pointer to current clocksource */