diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
index ddf07a92a6c8..436e60b2cf7a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -27,23 +27,6 @@ u64 smp_irq_stat_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
 
 #define arch_irq_stat_cpu	smp_irq_stat_cpu
 
-#if NR_IRQS > 512
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS	10
-#elif NR_IRQS > 256
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS	9
-#else
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS	8
-#endif
-
-/*
- * The hardirq mask has to be large enough to have space
- * for potentially all IRQ sources in the system nesting
- * on a single CPU:
- */
-#if (1 << HARDIRQ_BITS) < NR_IRQS
-# error HARDIRQ_BITS is too low!
-#endif
-
 #define __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED	1
 
 #endif /* __ASM_HARDIRQ_H */