diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
index f8324d8d06ac..3e66b2a9974a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
@@ -72,22 +72,6 @@ config USB_SUSPEND
 
 	  If you are unsure about this, say N here.
 
-config USB_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
-	bool "USB Multi-threaded probe (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on USB && EXPERIMENTAL
-	default n
-	help
-	  Say Y here if you want the USB core to spawn a new thread for
-	  every USB device that is probed.  This can cause a small speedup
-	  in boot times on systems with a lot of different USB devices.
-
-	  This option should be safe to enable, but if any odd probing
-	  problems are found, please disable it, or dynamically turn it
-	  off in the /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/multithread_probe
-	  file
-
-	  When in doubt, say N.
-
 config USB_OTG
 	bool
 	depends on USB && EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 2651c2e2a89f..1988224b362b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -88,14 +88,7 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(khubd_wait);
 static struct task_struct *khubd_task;
 
 /* multithreaded probe logic */
-static int multithread_probe =
-#ifdef CONFIG_USB_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
-	1;
-#else
-	0;
-#endif
-module_param(multithread_probe, bool, S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(multithread_probe, "Run each USB device probe in a new thread");
+static int multithread_probe = 0;
 
 /* cycle leds on hubs that aren't blinking for attention */
 static int blinkenlights = 0;