diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/at91sam9g45_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/at91sam9g45_defconfig
index 606d48f3b8f81c10370b718d7b2b3475818b9a03..8aab786863dfabac6854bf6ce1c6054074f61a28 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/at91sam9g45_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/at91sam9g45_defconfig
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ CONFIG_MMC=y
 # CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK_BOUNCE is not set
 CONFIG_SDIO_UART=m
 CONFIG_MMC_ATMELMCI=y
-CONFIG_MMC_ATMELMCI_DMA=y
 CONFIG_LEDS_ATMEL_PWM=y
 CONFIG_LEDS_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_TIMER=y
diff --git a/arch/avr32/configs/favr-32_defconfig b/arch/avr32/configs/favr-32_defconfig
index 0421498d666b979b992446fe83603325786f2e03..97918204f7958eb3ddeab58890970c37f9a9e2fe 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/configs/favr-32_defconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/configs/favr-32_defconfig
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ CONFIG_USB_G_SERIAL=m
 CONFIG_USB_CDC_COMPOSITE=m
 CONFIG_MMC=y
 CONFIG_MMC_ATMELMCI=y
-CONFIG_MMC_ATMELMCI_DMA=y
 CONFIG_NEW_LEDS=y
 CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=y
 CONFIG_LEDS_ATMEL_PWM=m
diff --git a/arch/avr32/configs/merisc_defconfig b/arch/avr32/configs/merisc_defconfig
index 3befab966827bacb4339247637e27d39333a7b1b..65de4431108c837334dc07facfc578fb815d55cd 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/configs/merisc_defconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/configs/merisc_defconfig
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_LOGO=y
 CONFIG_MMC=y
 CONFIG_MMC_ATMELMCI=y
-CONFIG_MMC_ATMELMCI_DMA=y
 CONFIG_NEW_LEDS=y
 CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=y
 CONFIG_LEDS_ATMEL_PWM=y
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
index d88219e1d86e551cda21b16559a8cdff910e1ac3..9c581c2ed3497cbdaaba1a90d040496c5717db33 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
@@ -300,16 +300,6 @@ config MMC_ATMELMCI
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-config MMC_ATMELMCI_DMA
-	bool "Atmel MCI DMA support"
-	depends on MMC_ATMELMCI && (AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9G45) && DMA_ENGINE
-	help
-	  Say Y here to have the Atmel MCI driver use a DMA engine to
-	  do data transfers and thus increase the throughput and
-	  reduce the CPU utilization.
-
-	  If unsure, say N.
-
 config MMC_MSM
 	tristate "Qualcomm SDCC Controller Support"
 	depends on MMC && ARCH_MSM
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
index 722af1de7967e77d50aee58588052249f356b50d..10f8b7358e5757df34a79adf3f981c4c74b00377 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
@@ -2487,10 +2487,8 @@ static int __exit atmci_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	atmci_readl(host, ATMCI_SR);
 	clk_disable(host->mck);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_ATMELMCI_DMA
 	if (host->dma.chan)
 		dma_release_channel(host->dma.chan);
-#endif
 
 	free_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), host);
 	iounmap(host->regs);