diff --git a/arch/cris/kernel/setup.c b/arch/cris/kernel/setup.c
index d11206e467ab3e9d8ec1cf7f82b62cb7423ec6bf..1ba57efff60d5efb96194a7bd0f88f81fa9a58a5 100644
--- a/arch/cris/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/cris/kernel/setup.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 /*
  * Setup options
  */
-struct drive_info_struct { char dummy[32]; } drive_info;
 struct screen_info screen_info;
 
 extern int root_mountflags;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/dig/setup.c b/arch/ia64/dig/setup.c
index d58003f1ad024835ed89002f85d535514e7e18b8..c9104bfff667cafcc5e15af27b9beae9813f20a3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/dig/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/dig/setup.c
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@
 #include <asm/machvec.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
-/*
- * This is here so we can use the CMOS detection in ide-probe.c to
- * determine what drives are present.  In theory, we don't need this
- * as the auto-detection could be done via ide-probe.c:do_probe() but
- * in practice that would be much slower, which is painful when
- * running in the simulator.  Note that passing zeroes in DRIVE_INFO
- * is sufficient (the IDE driver will autodetect the drive geometry).
- */
-char drive_info[4*16];
-
 void __init
 dig_setup (char **cmdline_p)
 {
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c
index ee36bff93c3084c0d24bdea0cf80be5e4ff05cfb..aac1ba32c5e58118ba1a223f561b61d2968eba5a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c
@@ -124,20 +124,6 @@ struct screen_info sn_screen_info = {
 	.orig_video_points = 16
 };
 
-/*
- * This is here so we can use the CMOS detection in ide-probe.c to
- * determine what drives are present.  In theory, we don't need this
- * as the auto-detection could be done via ide-probe.c:do_probe() but
- * in practice that would be much slower, which is painful when
- * running in the simulator.  Note that passing zeroes in DRIVE_INFO
- * is sufficient (the IDE driver will autodetect the drive geometry).
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC
-extern char drive_info[4 * 16];
-#else
-char drive_info[4 * 16];
-#endif
-
 /*
  * This routine can only be used during init, since
  * smp_boot_data is an init data structure.
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/m32r_ksyms.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/m32r_ksyms.c
index dbc8a392105fba65faa118e5c4670b8a806c6b1a..be8b711367ec5d7bde44d77cbd9beb189c11d9e2 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/m32r_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/m32r_ksyms.c
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_MODULE)
-extern struct drive_info_struct drive_info;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drive_info);
-#endif
-
 /* platform dependent support */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_data);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_fpu);
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
index c2e4dccf01121fff0895cc590166e63e682741ad..d742037a7ccb86d19cd390f455c7dcd5f6d66c80 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@
 extern void init_mmu(void);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD)	\
-	|| defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODULE)			\
-	|| defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_MODULE)
-struct drive_info_struct { char dummy[32]; } drive_info;
-#endif
-
 extern char _end[];
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
index 89c4c36361610749e401f5cb1cf96712a70ba4ad..1955462f4082fa01cb19785dd5b60a5c00cf592f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
 
 #undef SHOW_GATWICK_IRQS
 
-unsigned char drive_info;
-
 int ppc_override_l2cr = 0;
 int ppc_override_l2cr_value;
 int has_l2cache = 0;
diff --git a/arch/sh64/kernel/sh_ksyms.c b/arch/sh64/kernel/sh_ksyms.c
index 472b450e61be5384bdd9211c8d485796e73f33b3..de29c45f23a7278ee01fb2930d3afc20d1cbed6e 100644
--- a/arch/sh64/kernel/sh_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/sh64/kernel/sh_ksyms.c
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@
 
 extern int dump_fpu(struct pt_regs *, elf_fpregset_t *);
 
-#if 0
-/* Not yet - there's no declaration of drive_info anywhere. */
-#if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_MODULE)
-extern struct drive_info_struct drive_info;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drive_info);
-#endif
-#endif
-
 /* platform dependent support */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_fpu);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iounmap);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
index 363db5a003df2a15198fb6da53ac3203132bc391..9435ab7d6fb83131a6efd4b24a9d6cd7621a76fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ unsigned long saved_video_mode;
 /*
  * Setup options
  */
-struct drive_info_struct { char dummy[32]; } drive_info;
 struct screen_info screen_info;
 struct sys_desc_table_struct {
 	unsigned short length;
@@ -572,7 +571,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	unsigned long kernel_end;
 
  	ROOT_DEV = old_decode_dev(ORIG_ROOT_DEV);
- 	drive_info = DRIVE_INFO;
  	screen_info = SCREEN_INFO;
 	edid_info = EDID_INFO;
 	saved_video_mode = SAVED_VIDEO_MODE;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c
index b614d54d2ae46f2f1b02a410117740698c4aa4f8..3496abc8d372eb1dfe57297d032f670c2d839af9 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ extern void __write_lock_failed(rwlock_t *rw);
 extern void __read_lock_failed(rwlock_t *rw);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_MODULE)
-extern struct drive_info_struct drive_info;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drive_info);
-#endif
-
 /* platform dependent support */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_data);
 //EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_fpu);