diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c~acpi-remove-old-blacklist-entries arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c~acpi-remove-old-blacklist-entries
+++ a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -1256,35 +1256,6 @@ static int __init disable_acpi_pci(const
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init dmi_disable_acpi(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
-{
-	if (!acpi_force) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s detected: acpi off\n", d->ident);
-		disable_acpi();
-	} else {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE
-		       "Warning: DMI blacklist says broken, but acpi forced\n");
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Limit ACPI to CPU enumeration for HT
- */
-static int __init force_acpi_ht(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
-{
-	if (!acpi_force) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s detected: force use of acpi=ht\n",
-		       d->ident);
-		disable_acpi();
-		acpi_ht = 1;
-	} else {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE
-		       "Warning: acpi=force overrules DMI blacklist: acpi=ht\n");
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Force ignoring BIOS IRQ0 pin2 override
  */
@@ -1308,116 +1279,6 @@ static int __init dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_
  * works for you, please contact linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
  */
 static struct dmi_system_id __initdata acpi_dmi_table[] = {
-	/*
-	 * Boxes that need ACPI disabled
-	 */
-	{
-	 .callback = dmi_disable_acpi,
-	 .ident = "IBM Thinkpad",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "IBM"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "2629H1G"),
-		     },
-	 },
-
-	/*
-	 * Boxes that need acpi=ht
-	 */
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "FSC Primergy T850",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "FUJITSU SIEMENS"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PRIMERGY T850"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "HP VISUALIZE NT Workstation",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP VISUALIZE NT Workstation"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "Compaq Workstation W8000",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Compaq"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Workstation W8000"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "ASUS P2B-DS",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "ASUSTeK Computer INC."),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "P2B-DS"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "ASUS CUR-DLS",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "ASUSTeK Computer INC."),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "CUR-DLS"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "ABIT i440BX-W83977",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "ABIT <http://www.abit.com>"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "i440BX-W83977 (BP6)"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "IBM Bladecenter",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "IBM"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "IBM eServer xSeries 360",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "IBM"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "eServer xSeries 360"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "IBM eserver xSeries 330",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "IBM"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "eserver xSeries 330"),
-		     },
-	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = force_acpi_ht,
-	 .ident = "IBM eserver xSeries 440",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "IBM"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "eserver xSeries 440"),
-		     },
-	 },
-
-	/*
-	 * Boxes that need ACPI PCI IRQ routing disabled
-	 */
-	{
-	 .callback = disable_acpi_irq,
-	 .ident = "ASUS A7V",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "ASUSTeK Computer INC"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "<A7V>"),
-		     /* newer BIOS, Revision 1011, does work */
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION,
-			       "ASUS A7V ACPI BIOS Revision 1007"),
-		     },
-	 },
 	{
 		/*
 		 * Latest BIOS for IBM 600E (1.16) has bad pcinum
@@ -1454,14 +1315,6 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata a
 		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "03/21/2003")
 		     },
 	 },
-	{
-	 .callback = disable_acpi_pci,
-	 .ident = "Acer TravelMate 36x Laptop",
-	 .matches = {
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Acer"),
-		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "TravelMate 360"),
-		     },
-	 },
 	{}
 };
 
