diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
index c7367130ab14..ce53c50d0ba4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/ustack.h>
 
-#define __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW
 #define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH_SWITCH_STACK
 
 #define IA64_NUM_PHYS_STACK_REG	96
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
index 05f08438a7c4..f1df4cb4a286 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -397,12 +397,6 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
 #define prefetchw(x) __builtin_prefetch((x), 1, 1)
 
-/*
- * See Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt; prevents deadlock on SMP
- * systems.
- */
-#define __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW
-
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _ASM_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index d65566d07fcf..5b0eac9f4e78 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2331,10 +2331,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void schedule_tail(struct task_struct *prev)
 	 */
 	post_schedule(rq);
 
-#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW
-	/* In this case, finish_task_switch does not reenable preemption */
-	preempt_enable();
-#endif
 	if (current->set_child_tid)
 		put_user(task_pid_vnr(current), current->set_child_tid);
 }
@@ -2377,9 +2373,7 @@ context_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
 	 * of the scheduler it's an obvious special-case), so we
 	 * do an early lockdep release here:
 	 */
-#ifndef __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW
 	spin_release(&rq->lock.dep_map, 1, _THIS_IP_);
-#endif
 
 	context_tracking_task_switch(prev, next);
 	/* Here we just switch the register state and the stack. */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 16e1ca9cb7e8..6130251de280 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -975,7 +975,6 @@ static inline int task_on_rq_migrating(struct task_struct *p)
 # define finish_arch_post_lock_switch()	do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW
 static inline void prepare_lock_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *next)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -1013,35 +1012,6 @@ static inline void finish_lock_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
 }
 
-#else /* __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW */
-static inline void prepare_lock_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *next)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	/*
-	 * We can optimise this out completely for !SMP, because the
-	 * SMP rebalancing from interrupt is the only thing that cares
-	 * here.
-	 */
-	next->on_cpu = 1;
-#endif
-	raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
-}
-
-static inline void finish_lock_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	/*
-	 * After ->on_cpu is cleared, the task can be moved to a different CPU.
-	 * We must ensure this doesn't happen until the switch is completely
-	 * finished.
-	 */
-	smp_wmb();
-	prev->on_cpu = 0;
-#endif
-	local_irq_enable();
-}
-#endif /* __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW */
-
 /*
  * wake flags
  */