diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@
     /**
      * Does all the processing necessary to perform the provided request.
      * @param pkt The memory request to perform.
+     * @param blk The cache block to be updated.
      * @param lat The latency of the access.
      * @param writebacks List for any writebacks that need to be performed.
-     * @param update True if the replacement data should be updated.
      * @return Boolean indicating whether the request was satisfied.
      */
     bool access(PacketPtr pkt, BlkType *&blk,
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@
 typename Cache<TagStore>::BlkType*
 Cache<TagStore>::allocateBlock(Addr addr, PacketList &writebacks)
 {
-    BlkType *blk = tags->findVictim(addr, writebacks);
+    BlkType *blk = tags->findVictim(addr);
 
     if (blk->isValid()) {
         Addr repl_addr = tags->regenerateBlkAddr(blk->tag, blk->set);
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
@@ -200,10 +200,9 @@
     /**
      * Find a replacement block for the address provided.
      * @param pkt The request to a find a replacement candidate for.
-     * @param writebacks List for any writebacks to be performed.
      * @return The block to place the replacement in.
      */
-    FALRUBlk* findVictim(Addr addr, PacketList & writebacks);
+    FALRUBlk* findVictim(Addr addr);
 
     void insertBlock(PacketPtr pkt, BlkType *blk);
 
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 }
 
 FALRUBlk*
-FALRU::findVictim(Addr addr, PacketList &writebacks)
+FALRU::findVictim(Addr addr)
 {
     FALRUBlk * blk = tail;
     assert(blk->inCache == 0);
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.hh
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.hh
@@ -164,10 +164,9 @@
     /**
      * Find a block to evict for the address provided.
      * @param addr The addr to a find a replacement candidate for.
-     * @param writebacks List for any writebacks to be performed.
      * @return The candidate block.
      */
-    BlkType* findVictim(Addr addr, PacketList &writebacks);
+    BlkType* findVictim(Addr addr);
 
     /**
      * Insert the new block into the cache.  For LRU this means inserting into
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.cc
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.cc
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 }
 
 LRU::BlkType*
-LRU::findVictim(Addr addr, PacketList &writebacks)
+LRU::findVictim(Addr addr)
 {
     unsigned set = extractSet(addr);
     // grab a replacement candidate