diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 1aafb4efbb51dfea8c5639f2bd68379c930825d4..d789a89cb32c450fa436bac9e4b99171e3c9cc5c 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -937,9 +937,6 @@ config STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 	  and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
 	  protection against certain security exploits (e.g. writing to text)
 
-config ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER
-	bool
-
 config ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 0be3828752e5bc9ddf33ba74c9e5b9efd03691e4..4e83f950713e9f9837da01406586613a9c07cb3f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ config SPARC
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
 	select LOCKDEP_SMALL if LOCKDEP
-	select ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER
 
 config SPARC32
 	def_bool !64BIT
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
index 2c19070d2a0b08dee8b47a3d98bf54971741cb78..e8c1788aed1f86239389ded9ee17cb03a1b45b6b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ s32 ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 	}
 	IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPARC
 	/* Disable relaxed ordering */
 	for (i = 0; i < hw->mac.max_tx_queues; i++) {
 		u32 regval;