diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index f6a0c443616..6a461d4caef 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
 config GENERIC_IOMAP
 	bool
 
+config GENERIC_TIME
+	def_bool n
+
 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
 	bool
 
@@ -357,6 +360,7 @@ config CPU_HAS_SR_RB
 endmenu
 
 menu "Timer support"
+depends on !GENERIC_TIME
 
 config SH_TMU
 	bool "TMU timer support"
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/time.c b/arch/sh/kernel/time.c
index 450c68f1df0..1fbb83c665d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/time.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ unsigned long long __attribute__ ((weak)) sched_clock(void)
 	return (unsigned long long)jiffies * (1000000000 / HZ);
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
 void do_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv)
 {
 	unsigned long seq;
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ int do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_settimeofday);
+#endif /* !CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME */
 
 /* last time the RTC clock got updated */
 static long last_rtc_update;
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/timer.h b/include/asm-sh/timer.h
index c7ab28095ba..ebc78db1a9e 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/timer.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/timer.h
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ struct sys_timer_ops {
 	int (*init)(void);
 	int (*start)(void);
 	int (*stop)(void);
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
 	unsigned long (*get_offset)(void);
+#endif
 	unsigned long (*get_frequency)(void);
 };
 
@@ -24,10 +26,12 @@ struct sys_timer {
 extern struct sys_timer tmu_timer;
 extern struct sys_timer *sys_timer;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
 static inline unsigned long get_timer_offset(void)
 {
 	return sys_timer->ops->get_offset();
 }
+#endif
 
 static inline unsigned long get_timer_frequency(void)
 {