diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/rtc.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/rtc.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f71c3b0ed360..000000000000
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/rtc.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include <asm-generic/rtc.h>
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c
index 53dd2f1a53aa..d5f0580746a5 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <asm/gct.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
-#include <asm/rtc.h>
 #include <asm/vga.h>
 
 #include "proto.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 31b5861649ee..e3f2f3e293e5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ config JS_RTC
 config GEN_RTC
 	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
 	depends on RTC!=y
-	depends on ALPHA || M68K || MN10300 || PARISC || PPC
+	depends on M68K || MN10300 || PARISC || PPC
 	---help---
 	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you