diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx27.h b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx27.h
index 6e93f2c0b7bb9b9c22f6de428a6ad896947f5586..063ac3524652bb32b495da2ce1e05919b2d51c96 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx27.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx27.h
@@ -120,7 +120,4 @@ extern int mx27_revision(void);
 
 /* Mandatory defines used globally */
 
-/* this CPU supports up to 192 GPIOs (don't forget the baseboard!) */
-#define ARCH_NR_GPIOS		(192 + 16)
-
 #endif /* __ASM_ARCH_MXC_MX27_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx3x.h b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx3x.h
index b559a4bb576987ed51d66a372236d719fe952378..44ca1b700f0edc1f84dc0bb63615317729624e07 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx3x.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/mx3x.h
@@ -279,9 +279,6 @@
 
 /* Mandatory defines used globally */
 
-/* this CPU supports up to 96 GPIOs */
-#define ARCH_NR_GPIOS		96
-
 #if !defined(__ASSEMBLY__) && !defined(__MXC_BOOT_UNCOMPRESS)
 
 extern unsigned int system_rev;