diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index bb845eed0e9868b36350fdd754fc34160f5789e6..11f2cd5af7dc5fcc346e06378f255f870fe68a02 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ _GLOBAL(__secondary_hold)
 	ori	r24,r24,MSR_RI
 	mtmsrd	r24			/* RI on */
 
-	/* Grab our linux cpu number */
+	/* Grab our physical cpu number */
 	mr	r24,r3
 
 	/* Tell the master cpu we're here */
@@ -153,11 +153,7 @@ _GLOBAL(__secondary_hold)
 	cmpdi	0,r4,1
 	bne	100b
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HMT
-	SET_REG_IMMEDIATE(r4, .hmt_init)
-	mtctr	r4
-	bctr
-#elif defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_KEXEC)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_KEXEC)
 	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r4, .pSeries_secondary_smp_init)
 	mtctr	r4
 	mr	r3,r24
@@ -1808,22 +1804,6 @@ _STATIC(start_here_multiplatform)
 	ori	r6,r6,MSR_RI
 	mtmsrd	r6			/* RI on */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HMT
-	/* Start up the second thread on cpu 0 */
-	mfspr	r3,SPRN_PVR
-	srwi	r3,r3,16
-	cmpwi	r3,0x34			/* Pulsar  */
-	beq	90f
-	cmpwi	r3,0x36			/* Icestar */
-	beq	90f
-	cmpwi	r3,0x37			/* SStar   */
-	beq	90f
-	b	91f			/* HMT not supported */
-90:	li	r3,0
-	bl	.hmt_start_secondary
-91:
-#endif
-
 	/* The following gets the stack and TOC set up with the regs */
 	/* pointing to the real addr of the kernel stack.  This is   */
 	/* all done to support the C function call below which sets  */
@@ -1937,77 +1917,8 @@ _STATIC(start_here_common)
 
 	bl .start_kernel
 
-_GLOBAL(hmt_init)
-#ifdef CONFIG_HMT
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r5, hmt_thread_data)
-	mfspr	r7,SPRN_PVR
-	srwi	r7,r7,16
-	cmpwi	r7,0x34			/* Pulsar  */
-	beq	90f
-	cmpwi	r7,0x36			/* Icestar */
-	beq	91f
-	cmpwi	r7,0x37			/* SStar   */
-	beq	91f
-	b	101f
-90:	mfspr	r6,SPRN_PIR
-	andi.	r6,r6,0x1f
-	b	92f
-91:	mfspr	r6,SPRN_PIR
-	andi.	r6,r6,0x3ff
-92:	sldi	r4,r24,3
-	stwx	r6,r5,r4
-	bl	.hmt_start_secondary
-	b	101f
-
-__hmt_secondary_hold:
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r5, hmt_thread_data)
-	clrldi	r5,r5,4
-	li	r7,0
-	mfspr	r6,SPRN_PIR
-	mfspr	r8,SPRN_PVR
-	srwi	r8,r8,16
-	cmpwi	r8,0x34
-	bne	93f
-	andi.	r6,r6,0x1f
-	b	103f
-93:	andi.	r6,r6,0x3f
-
-103:	lwzx	r8,r5,r7
-	cmpw	r8,r6
-	beq	104f
-	addi	r7,r7,8
-	b	103b
-
-104:	addi	r7,r7,4
-	lwzx	r9,r5,r7
-	mr	r24,r9
-101:
-#endif
-	mr	r3,r24
-	b	.pSeries_secondary_smp_init
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HMT
-_GLOBAL(hmt_start_secondary)
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r4,__hmt_secondary_hold)
-	clrldi	r4,r4,4
-	mtspr	SPRN_NIADORM, r4
-	mfspr	r4, SPRN_MSRDORM
-	li	r5, -65
-	and	r4, r4, r5
-	mtspr	SPRN_MSRDORM, r4
-	lis	r4,0xffef
-	ori	r4,r4,0x7403
-	mtspr	SPRN_TSC, r4
-	li	r4,0x1f4
-	mtspr	SPRN_TST, r4
-	mfspr	r4, SPRN_HID0
-	ori	r4, r4, 0x1
-	mtspr	SPRN_HID0, r4
-	mfspr	r4, SPRN_CTRLF
-	oris	r4, r4, 0x40
-	mtspr	SPRN_CTRLT, r4
-	blr
-#endif
+	/* Not reached */
+	BUG_OPCODE
 
 /*
  * We put a few things here that have to be page-aligned.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index ec7153f4d47c2b6d6d0bcef7c241bc15692e2b18..d34fe537400e657996521a7cba0025c3febc7bfa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -205,14 +205,6 @@ static cell_t __initdata regbuf[1024];
 
 #define MAX_CPU_THREADS 2
 
-/* TO GO */
-#ifdef CONFIG_HMT
-struct {
-	unsigned int pir;
-	unsigned int threadid;
-} hmt_thread_data[NR_CPUS];
-#endif /* CONFIG_HMT */
-
 /*
  * Error results ... some OF calls will return "-1" on error, some
  * will return 0, some will return either. To simplify, here are
@@ -1319,10 +1311,6 @@ static void __init prom_hold_cpus(void)
 	 */
 	*spinloop = 0;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HMT
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++)
-		RELOC(hmt_thread_data)[i].pir = 0xdeadbeef;
-#endif
 	/* look for cpus */
 	for (node = 0; prom_next_node(&node); ) {
 		type[0] = 0;
@@ -1389,32 +1377,6 @@ static void __init prom_hold_cpus(void)
 		/* Reserve cpu #s for secondary threads.   They start later. */
 		cpuid += cpu_threads;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_HMT
-	/* Only enable HMT on processors that provide support. */
-	if (__is_processor(PV_PULSAR) || 
-	    __is_processor(PV_ICESTAR) ||
-	    __is_processor(PV_SSTAR)) {
-		prom_printf("    starting secondary threads\n");
-
-		for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i += 2) {
-			if (!cpu_online(i))
-				continue;
-
-			if (i == 0) {
-				unsigned long pir = mfspr(SPRN_PIR);
-				if (__is_processor(PV_PULSAR)) {
-					RELOC(hmt_thread_data)[i].pir = 
-						pir & 0x1f;
-				} else {
-					RELOC(hmt_thread_data)[i].pir = 
-						pir & 0x3ff;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		prom_printf("Processor is not HMT capable\n");
-	}
-#endif
 
 	if (cpuid > NR_CPUS)
 		prom_printf("WARNING: maximum CPUs (" __stringify(NR_CPUS)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
index e3fc3407bb1f1d65a0929466d724185b4ee62530..4e5c8f8d869d50ffc13e4c4ac30595cc52989fc1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ config PPC_SPLPAR
 	  processors, that is, which share physical processors between
 	  two or more partitions.
 
-config HMT
-	bool "Hardware multithreading"
-	depends on SMP && PPC_PSERIES && BROKEN
-	help
-	  This option enables hardware multithreading on RS64 cpus.
-	  pSeries systems p620 and p660 have such a cpu type.
-
 config EEH
 	bool "PCI Extended Error Handling (EEH)" if EMBEDDED
 	depends on PPC_PSERIES