diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 5db2117ae28830757d88db9ad25e54c224332e50..45c41249321f3ffaacdc733dabbdc9bd22e27648 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ config X86
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL if X86_64
 	select KTIME_SCALAR if X86_32
-	select ALWAYS_USE_PERSISTENT_CLOCK
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING if X86_64
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index 0c81915b19975278daa15f99dea370bced46333c..b9838130a7b0da42a3bc0f35724c9b53b553096f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ if RTC_CLASS
 config RTC_HCTOSYS
 	bool "Set system time from RTC on startup and resume"
 	default y
-	depends on !ALWAYS_USE_PERSISTENT_CLOCK
 	help
 	  If you say yes here, the system time (wall clock) will be set using
 	  the value read from a specified RTC device. This is useful to avoid
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ config RTC_HCTOSYS
 config RTC_SYSTOHC
 	bool "Set the RTC time based on NTP synchronization"
 	default y
-	depends on !ALWAYS_USE_PERSISTENT_CLOCK
 	help
 	  If you say yes here, the system time (wall clock) will be stored
 	  in the RTC specified by RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE approximately every 11
diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index 22d81b3c955b533bf73ec0b9353c6c7d4287c010..d5d229b2e5af1815d38d7d87d217ee8340b9ec1d 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -117,14 +117,10 @@ static inline bool timespec_valid_strict(const struct timespec *ts)
 
 extern bool persistent_clock_exist;
 
-#ifdef ALWAYS_USE_PERSISTENT_CLOCK
-#define has_persistent_clock()	true
-#else
 static inline bool has_persistent_clock(void)
 {
 	return persistent_clock_exist;
 }
-#endif
 
 extern void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts);
 extern void read_boot_clock(struct timespec *ts);
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index 24510d84efd760b287f532727dfc20f0d8e57405..b69692250af4a3ca47078e62d21c6ad2069e56af 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	bool
 
-# Platforms has a persistent clock
-config ALWAYS_USE_PERSISTENT_CLOCK
-	bool
-	default n
-
 # Timekeeping vsyscall support
 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	bool