2 files changed, 1 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index 130ef64b44f7..a34758d29516 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -54,16 +54,6 @@ menuconfig IDE
 
 if IDE
 
-config IDE_MAX_HWIFS
-        int "Max IDE interfaces"
-        depends on ALPHA || SUPERH || IA64 || EMBEDDED
-        range 1 10
-        default 4
-        help
-          This is the maximum number of IDE hardware interfaces that will
-          be supported by the driver. Make sure it is at least as high as
-          the number of IDE interfaces in your system.
-
 config BLK_DEV_IDE
         tristate "Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support"
         ---help---
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index b1fb15f10a00..87c12ed96954 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -219,18 +219,7 @@ static inline int __ide_default_irq(unsigned long base)
 #include <asm-generic/ide_iops.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef MAX_HWIFS
-#if defined(CONFIG_BLACKFIN) || defined(CONFIG_H8300) || defined(CONFIG_XTENSA)
-# define MAX_HWIFS      1
-#else
-# define MAX_HWIFS      10
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(MAX_HWIFS) || defined(CONFIG_EMBEDDED)
-#undef MAX_HWIFS
-#define MAX_HWIFS       CONFIG_IDE_MAX_HWIFS
-#endif
+#define MAX_HWIFS       10
 
 /* Currently only m68k, apus and m8xx need it */
 #ifndef IDE_ARCH_ACK_INTR