diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 5bed94e189fa..a105ee75bd85 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1255,10 +1255,6 @@ config NODES_SHIFT
 	  Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
 	  system.  Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
 
-config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
-	def_bool y
-	depends on X86_32 && NUMA
-
 config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
 	def_bool y
 	depends on X86_32 && NUMA
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_32.h
index 55728e121473..eb05fb3b02fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_32.h
@@ -61,10 +61,4 @@ static inline int pfn_valid(int pfn)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
-/* always use node 0 for bootmem on this numa platform */
-#define bootmem_arch_preferred_node(__bdata, size, align, goal, limit)	\
-	(NODE_DATA(0)->bdata)
-#endif /* CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES */
-
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_MMZONE_32_H */