diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 50862ac8ef35e0d7d57bf361703a967159ce5938..4a0e54fc01b280f260af6549d4f2c543c95f7055 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -362,13 +362,6 @@ config ARC_MISALIGN_ACCESS
 	  Use ONLY-IF-ABS-NECESSARY as it will be very slow and also can hide
 	  potential bugs in code
 
-config ARC_STACK_NONEXEC
-	bool "Make stack non-executable"
-	default n
-	help
-	  To disable the execute permissions of stack/heap of processes
-	  which are enabled by default.
-
 config HZ
 	int "Timer Frequency"
 	default 100
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
index ab84bf131fe135a2070c4a22bc5c177020787759..9c8aa41e45c2248b0ee39a23c3802e4f7425d358 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -96,13 +96,8 @@ typedef unsigned long pgtable_t;
 
 #define virt_addr_valid(kaddr)  pfn_valid(__pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 
-/* Default Permissions for page, used in mmap.c */
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_STACK_NONEXEC
+/* Default Permissions for stack/heaps pages (Non Executable) */
 #define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS   (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE)
-#else
-#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS   (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC | \
-				 VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC)
-#endif
 
 #define WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL   1