diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 30e7840498ceeb00a1c00b6d8224c8603feb0ebb..dcd77dbf4660c9bdec3aad28b4570b171bfd04e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ config ARCH_HIGHBANK
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU
 	select HAVE_SMP
+	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	select USE_OF
 	help
 	  Support for the Calxeda Highbank SoC based boards.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
index 7afbe1e55bebe710f926b01dbb84846de4ca0e9d..ee228ef3d27d332e1b8b5148a0e5e65b46cb20d6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
 #include <asm/mach/time.h>
-#include <mach/irqs.h>
 
 #include "core.h"
 #include "sysregs.h"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/include/mach/irqs.h b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/include/mach/irqs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9746aab14e9af7d29140919fb8155780afd98cd2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/include/mach/irqs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __MACH_IRQS_H
-#define __MACH_IRQS_H
-
-#define NR_IRQS			192
-
-#endif