diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index 756d3d23ce37061dee59c5a2555e3a16079056e7..9c28fbb18e7431998e45cf83c2bc9959a2778937 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -180,14 +180,6 @@ struct kprobe_blacklist_entry {
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe *, current_kprobe);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe_ctlblk, kprobe_ctlblk);
 
-/*
- * For #ifdef avoidance:
- */
-static inline int kprobes_built_in(void)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
 extern void kprobe_busy_begin(void);
 extern void kprobe_busy_end(void);
 
@@ -417,10 +409,6 @@ int arch_kprobe_get_kallsym(unsigned int *symnum, unsigned long *value,
 			    char *type, char *sym);
 #else /* !CONFIG_KPROBES: */
 
-static inline int kprobes_built_in(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 static inline int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -514,7 +502,7 @@ static inline bool is_kprobe_optinsn_slot(unsigned long addr)
 static nokprobe_inline bool kprobe_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 					      unsigned int trap)
 {
-	if (!kprobes_built_in())
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KPROBES))
 		return false;
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		return false;