diff --git a/ps/output.c b/ps/output.c
index 01b87658..e5e29243 100644
--- a/ps/output.c
+++ b/ps/output.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static unsigned max_leftward = 0x12345678; /* space for LEFT stuff */
 static int wide_signals;  /* true if we have room */
 
 static time_t seconds_since_1970;
-static unsigned long page_shift;
 
 
 /*************************************************************************/
@@ -2148,17 +2147,6 @@ void init_output(void){
   int outbuf_pages;
   char *outbuf;
 
-  switch(page_size){
-  case 65536: page_shift = 16; break;
-  case 32768: page_shift = 15; break;
-  case 16384: page_shift = 14; break;
-  case  8192: page_shift = 13; break;
-  default: fprintf(stderr, _("unknown page size (assume 4096)\n"));
-  case  4096: page_shift = 12; break;
-  case  2048: page_shift = 11; break;
-  case  1024: page_shift = 10; break;
-  }
-
   // add page_size-1 to round up
   outbuf_pages = (OUTBUF_SIZE+SPACE_AMOUNT+page_size-1)/page_size;
   outbuf = mmap(