diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index ba412e02ec0c..b173c1d8721f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ config ARCH_NETX
 config ARCH_IOP13XX
 	bool "IOP13xx-based"
 	depends on MMU
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	select CPU_XSC3
 	select NEED_MACH_MEMORY_H
 	select NEED_RET_TO_USER
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 5a768ad8e893..098602b939a9 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ config IA64
 	select PCI if (!IA64_HP_SIM)
 	select ACPI if (!IA64_HP_SIM)
 	select PM if (!IA64_HP_SIM)
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 4758a8fd3e99..00b26986cd05 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -726,7 +726,6 @@ config CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
 	select HW_HAS_PCI
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	select ZONE_DMA32
 	select USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI
 	select USB_ARCH_HAS_EHCI
@@ -762,7 +761,6 @@ config NLM_XLR_BOARD
 	select CEVT_R4K
 	select CSRC_R4K
 	select IRQ_CPU
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	select ZONE_DMA32 if 64BIT
 	select SYNC_R4K
 	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 3bf72cd2c8fc..183a16509e8f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -727,7 +727,6 @@ config PCI
 	default y if !40x && !CPM2 && !8xx && !PPC_83xx \
 		&& !PPC_85xx && !PPC_86xx && !GAMECUBE_COMMON
 	default PCI_QSPAN if !4xx && !CPM2 && 8xx
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
 	help
 	  Find out whether your system includes a PCI bus. PCI is the name of
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 22f75b504f7f..e9982a353b55 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ menuconfig PCI
 	bool "PCI support"
 	default n
 	depends on 64BIT
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	select PCI_MSI
 	help
 	  Enable PCI support.
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index a00cbd356db5..1570ad2802b3 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ config SPARC32
 
 config SPARC64
 	def_bool 64BIT
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index 24565a7ffe6d..74dff908a70f 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@ config PCI
 	select PCI_DOMAINS
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
 	select TILE_GXIO_TRIO if TILEGX
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if TILEGX
 	select PCI_MSI if TILEGX
 	---help---
 	  Enable PCI root complex support, so PCIe endpoint devices can
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index b32ebf92b0ce..5db62ef37804 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2014,7 +2014,6 @@ menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
 config PCI
 	bool "PCI support"
 	default y
-	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC)
 	---help---
 	  Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
 	  bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
index 81944fb73116..b6a99f7a9b20 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 #
 # PCI configuration
 #
-config ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
-	bool
-
 config PCI_MSI
 	bool "Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI and MSI-X)"
 	depends on PCI
-	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	help
 	   This allows device drivers to enable MSI (Message Signaled
 	   Interrupts).  Message Signaled Interrupts enable a device to