diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index f5d9ef9c11b7bc277068303bcc905d134b618f99..7fd67afcd1ff10043304a3bba31b1b401abdecce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -239,13 +239,6 @@ config ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
 	  this feature (eg, building a kernel for a single machine) and
 	  you need to shrink the kernel to the minimal size.
 
-config NEED_MACH_GPIO_H
-	bool
-	help
-	  Select this when mach/gpio.h is required to provide special
-	  definitions for this platform. The need for mach/gpio.h should
-	  be avoided when possible.
-
 config NEED_MACH_IO_H
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h
index 477e0206e016d1a5075692059fab1d83715ee315..5e1742ea36b73ce74119b75181e0f5b874bc03f8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 #define ARCH_NR_GPIOS CONFIG_ARCH_NR_GPIO
 #endif
 
-/* not all ARM platforms necessarily support this API ... */
-#ifdef CONFIG_NEED_MACH_GPIO_H
-#include <mach/gpio.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __ARM_GPIOLIB_COMPLEX
 /* Note: this may rely upon the value of ARCH_NR_GPIOS set in mach/gpio.h */
 #include <asm-generic/gpio.h>