diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 3e804c736e640eb9340128cf2adb18435a2ee61c..7d31d628cdec8407f7f4557dee460e0b568fc6da 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -770,24 +770,6 @@ source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
 
 endmenu
 
-menu "SH initrd options"
-	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
-
-config EMBEDDED_RAMDISK
-	bool "Embed root filesystem ramdisk into the kernel"
-
-config EMBEDDED_RAMDISK_IMAGE
-	string "Filename of gziped ramdisk image"
-	depends on EMBEDDED_RAMDISK
-	default "ramdisk.gz"
-	help
-	  This is the filename of the ramdisk image to be built into the
-	  kernel.  Relative pathnames are relative to arch/sh/ramdisk/.
-	  The ramdisk image is not part of the kernel distribution; you must
-	  provide one yourself.
-
-endmenu
-
 source "net/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/sh/Makefile b/arch/sh/Makefile
index 4a3049080b4190cc61518d2625195e95d1737f65..67192d6b00d8ec550c853e1fdc9b7010e1ea02e3 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/Makefile
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ LIBGCC := $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name)
 
 core-y				+= arch/sh/kernel/ arch/sh/mm/
 
-#
-# ramdisk/initrd support
-# You need a compressed ramdisk image, named
-# CONFIG_EMBEDDED_RAMDISK_IMAGE. Relative pathnames
-# are relative to arch/sh/ramdisk/.
-#
-core-$(CONFIG_EMBEDDED_RAMDISK)	+= arch/sh/ramdisk/
-
 # Boards
 machdir-$(CONFIG_SH_SOLUTION_ENGINE)		:= se/770x
 machdir-$(CONFIG_SH_7751_SOLUTION_ENGINE)	:= se/7751
diff --git a/arch/sh/ramdisk/Makefile b/arch/sh/ramdisk/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 99e1c68673cfa35eab15ce7f6bdd633408b435a9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/sh/ramdisk/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Makefile for a ramdisk image
-#
-
-obj-y += ramdisk.o
-
-
-O_FORMAT = $(shell $(OBJDUMP) -i | head -n 2 | grep elf32)
-img := $(subst ",,$(CONFIG_EMBEDDED_RAMDISK_IMAGE))
-# add $(src) when $(img) is relative
-img := $(subst $(src)//,/,$(src)/$(img))
-
-quiet_cmd_ramdisk = LD      $@
-define cmd_ramdisk
-	$(LD) -T $(srctree)/$(src)/ld.script -b binary --oformat $(O_FORMAT) \
-		-o $@ $(img)
-endef
-
-$(obj)/ramdisk.o: $(img) $(srctree)/$(src)/ld.script
-	$(call cmd,ramdisk)
diff --git a/arch/sh/ramdisk/ld.script b/arch/sh/ramdisk/ld.script
deleted file mode 100644
index 94beee248c044e6fa69c0f168032c1ec7febef9e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/sh/ramdisk/ld.script
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-OUTPUT_ARCH(sh)
-SECTIONS
-{
-  .initrd :
-  {
-       *(.data)
-  }
-}
-