diff --git a/arch/mips/powertv/Kconfig b/arch/mips/powertv/Kconfig
index 1a1b03ea639800afce418ea6e2d2e8ec1287aaee..dd91fbacbcbaee493b7553f576dc96f7b39d51b0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/powertv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/powertv/Kconfig
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-config BOOTLOADER_DRIVER
-	bool "PowerTV Bootloader Driver Support"
-	default n
-	depends on POWERTV
-	help
-	  Use this option if you want to load bootloader driver.
-
 config BOOTLOADER_FAMILY
 	string "POWERTV Bootloader Family string"
 	default "85"
-	depends on POWERTV && !BOOTLOADER_DRIVER
+	depends on POWERTV
 	help
 	  This value should be specified when the bootloader driver is disabled
 	  and must be exactly two characters long. Families supported are:
diff --git a/arch/mips/powertv/asic/asic_devices.c b/arch/mips/powertv/asic/asic_devices.c
index 0238af1ba50383689138a929c268a1a592a1464d..8380605d597d3082d09801bb9cbba1a82230658a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/powertv/asic/asic_devices.c
+++ b/arch/mips/powertv/asic/asic_devices.c
@@ -147,20 +147,10 @@ static __init noinline void platform_set_family(void)
 	if (check_forcefamily(forced_family) == 0)
 		bootldr_family = BOOTLDRFAMILY(forced_family[0],
 			forced_family[1]);
-	else {
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_DRIVER
-		bootldr_family = (unsigned short) kbldr_GetSWFamily();
-#else
-#if defined(CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_FAMILY)
+	else
 		bootldr_family = (unsigned short) BOOTLDRFAMILY(
 			CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_FAMILY[0],
 			CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_FAMILY[1]);
-#else
-#error "Unknown Bootloader Family"
-#endif
-#endif
-	}
 
 	pr_info("Bootloader Family = 0x%04X\n", bootldr_family);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/powertv/init.c b/arch/mips/powertv/init.c
index a01baff52cae0ab1ad652574843049c6cf640097..498926377e51e4e53ba6017b1d46ebeb94e322a2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/powertv/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/powertv/init.c
@@ -87,8 +87,4 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 
 	configure_platform();
 	prom_meminit();
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_DRIVER
-	pr_info("\nBootloader driver isn't loaded...\n");
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/powertv/reset.c b/arch/mips/powertv/reset.c
index 0007652cb774afbaddbe8a494ca08ed76f8999d7..11c32fbf2784657ec2afc47c8f098f00c0f7fa82 100644
--- a/arch/mips/powertv/reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/powertv/reset.c
@@ -21,24 +21,12 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>			/* Not included by linux/reboot.h */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_DRIVER
-#include <asm/mach-powertv/kbldr.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <asm/mach-powertv/asic_regs.h>
 #include "reset.h"
 
 static void mips_machine_restart(char *command)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_DRIVER
-	/*
-	 * Call the bootloader's reset function to ensure
-	 * that persistent data is flushed before hard reset
-	 */
-	kbldr_SetCauseAndReset();
-#else
 	writel(0x1, asic_reg_addr(watchdog));
-#endif
 }
 
 void mips_reboot_setup(void)