diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/kuroboxHD.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/kuroboxHD.dts
index b89791802e86efcc422c97ba9c71954d022312b0..373110d7755129a0a9930fbfce46af3b9ef9858e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/kuroboxHD.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/kuroboxHD.dts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ / {
 
 	cpus {
 		linux,phandle = <2000>;
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/kuroboxHG.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/kuroboxHG.dts
index 753102752d8babb0d83142b93681b1053b26f047..f3542dc2c56e9e32ca54ac72ba4902221b2a985d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/kuroboxHG.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/kuroboxHG.dts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ / {
 
 	cpus {
 		linux,phandle = <2000>;
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
index c03103c632855877dd2c7d088dfd6d509a3ea540..ba54c6b40a09dfe613fee0be2333aa3b2b7501da 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
index 3875ca9a9a624550b457188e3dd53602e86c35d4..2e003081b0d3be1c37469933ef22b627afb92e11 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc7448hpc2.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc7448hpc2.dts
index 41d0720c5900a2d27eba79f37650ab0b863fba2a..6fa3754f293a96ac500da979d2f049b606da8afd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc7448hpc2.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc7448hpc2.dts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ / {
 	linux,phandle = <100>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells =<0>;
 		linux,phandle = <200>;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8272ads.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8272ads.dts
index 260b2e447779f5c672ed686dac183416b8864529..423eedcf634f6be2e07ab64c108dceb935678803 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8272ads.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8272ads.dts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ / {
        linux,phandle = <100>;
 
        cpus {
-               #cpus = <1>;
                #address-cells = <1>;
                #size-cells = <0>;
                linux,phandle = <200>;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8313erdb.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8313erdb.dts
index 6d721900d00e702d3d4b4b1e5f7709f74227fd51..a1533cc07d097dbb65915d5757a67035759e2b9d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8313erdb.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8313erdb.dts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc832x_mds.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc832x_mds.dts
index 06b310698a024e95e759302c9f9a79be24ef1add..c798491f4cd0396f10102b96a1bc62614f8411e3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc832x_mds.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc832x_mds.dts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8349emitx.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8349emitx.dts
index 61b550bf1645df06b9425167b3132d6571db2d7a..db0d003032759d5f4df388377dc1d57bf682f45f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8349emitx.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8349emitx.dts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8349emitxgp.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8349emitxgp.dts
index b2e1a5ec3779b60959b5cf6ef2961400f3173a1e..f636528a3c72f0077570899d308906ad90c52ea9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8349emitxgp.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8349emitxgp.dts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc834x_mds.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc834x_mds.dts
index e4b43c24bc0bb54750c6ec9bd2fa864702e000e5..07bcc5194d2babd0d9f24e312986fc634af43c4c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc834x_mds.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc834x_mds.dts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc836x_mds.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc836x_mds.dts
index 4fe45c02184898f9dde59a8f94e5077cab5e8974..7f578eb5708280d0159ae62c9807861a530a61a7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc836x_mds.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc836x_mds.dts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8540ads.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8540ads.dts
index 3c0917fa791cff3f512350db29ccf06dac022309..f261d647ac856ac2dd25ee935ec934d1faddb530 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8540ads.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8540ads.dts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8541cds.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8541cds.dts
index 2a1ae760ab3a9fa349015deb31f2a06cb45b8b2c..5fdcb69554f28551b33711b2c1794fd762c45963 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8541cds.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8541cds.dts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8548cds.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8548cds.dts
index 7eb5d81d5eec60cb80a8b149970ae60e6f38e362..b2b2200d0425302db75c1607d2f12b2fac62d0b0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8548cds.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8548cds.dts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8555cds.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8555cds.dts
index 5f9c102a0ab422ada16bd03bafc1944082a6d22d..68a4795720dcb617ff628a9d4451d870ade29097 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8555cds.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8555cds.dts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8560ads.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8560ads.dts
index 10502638b0e977f06f472c6c76d3fe1524ad6dd9..1f2afe9291d216a106ba13c82f0c91f1e0fb462f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8560ads.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8560ads.dts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8568mds.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8568mds.dts
index bf49d8c997b9c7be09d382e54508eaabb96cb3c5..7361b36749cb3383666630c2877ddab86291172d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8568mds.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8568mds.dts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8641_hpcn.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8641_hpcn.dts
index 8a4995a85ba035f28865aacf96a4cca758d89259..423b3d0addbd90d69e342b68d792b3a415ec4262 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8641_hpcn.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8641_hpcn.dts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <2>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc866ads.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc866ads.dts
index 2b56b5df451a31ab9b2c7e6d5d6124b916e3c569..c0d06fd129278894b3fefec1a5b5edcfd9098aa7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc866ads.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc866ads.dts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ / {
 	linux,phandle = <100>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 		linux,phandle = <200>;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc885ads.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc885ads.dts
index faecd08c54dae3afddb6bf2aea8dfc5a24f5000a..110bf617060389a5a0ffbd68d607b61da1e1234a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc885ads.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc885ads.dts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ / {
 	linux,phandle = <100>;
 
 	cpus {
-		#cpus = <1>;
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
 		linux,phandle = <200>;