diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index eb7f43f23521..0fa71a78ec99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ choice
 	  it can be used to assist security vulnerability exploitation.
 
 	  This setting can be changed at boot time via the kernel command
-	  line parameter vsyscall=[native|emulate|none].
+	  line parameter vsyscall=[emulate|none].
 
 	  On a system with recent enough glibc (2.14 or newer) and no
 	  static binaries, you can say None without a performance penalty
@@ -2315,15 +2315,6 @@ choice
 
 	  If unsure, select "Emulate".
 
-	config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE
-		bool "Native"
-		help
-		  Actual executable code is located in the fixed vsyscall
-		  address mapping, implementing time() efficiently. Since
-		  this makes the mapping executable, it can be used during
-		  security vulnerability exploitation (traditionally as
-		  ROP gadgets). This configuration is not recommended.
-
 	config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE
 		bool "Emulate"
 		help
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
index 577fa8adb785..8560ef68a9d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include "vsyscall_trace.h"
 
-static enum { EMULATE, NATIVE, NONE } vsyscall_mode =
-#if defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE)
-	NATIVE;
-#elif defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE)
+static enum { EMULATE, NONE } vsyscall_mode =
+#ifdef CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE
 	NONE;
 #else
 	EMULATE;
@@ -56,8 +54,6 @@ static int __init vsyscall_setup(char *str)
 	if (str) {
 		if (!strcmp("emulate", str))
 			vsyscall_mode = EMULATE;
-		else if (!strcmp("native", str))
-			vsyscall_mode = NATIVE;
 		else if (!strcmp("none", str))
 			vsyscall_mode = NONE;
 		else
@@ -139,10 +135,6 @@ bool emulate_vsyscall(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(address != regs->ip);
 
-	/* This should be unreachable in NATIVE mode. */
-	if (WARN_ON(vsyscall_mode == NATIVE))
-		return false;
-
 	if (vsyscall_mode == NONE) {
 		warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_INFO, regs,
 				  "vsyscall attempted with vsyscall=none");
@@ -370,9 +362,7 @@ void __init map_vsyscall(void)
 
 	if (vsyscall_mode != NONE) {
 		__set_fixmap(VSYSCALL_PAGE, physaddr_vsyscall,
-			     vsyscall_mode == NATIVE
-			     ? PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL
-			     : PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR);
+			     PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR);
 		set_vsyscall_pgtable_user_bits(swapper_pg_dir);
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index 246f15b4e64c..acfe755562a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ enum page_cache_mode {
 #define __PAGE_KERNEL_RO		(__PAGE_KERNEL & ~_PAGE_RW)
 #define __PAGE_KERNEL_RX		(__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC & ~_PAGE_RW)
 #define __PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE		(__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_NOCACHE)
-#define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL		(__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_USER)
 #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR		(__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_USER)
 #define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE		(__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_PSE)
 #define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC	(__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_PSE)
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ enum page_cache_mode {
 #define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE	__pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE | _PAGE_ENC)
 #define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE	__pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE | _PAGE_ENC)
 #define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC	__pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC | _PAGE_ENC)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL	__pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL | _PAGE_ENC)
 #define PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR	__pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR | _PAGE_ENC)
 
 #define PAGE_KERNEL_IO		__pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_IO)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
index be81621446f0..0b4f1cc2291c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void sigtrap(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ctx_void)
 		num_vsyscall_traps++;
 }
 
-static int test_native_vsyscall(void)
+static int test_emulation(void)
 {
 	time_t tmp;
 	bool is_native;
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static int test_native_vsyscall(void)
 	if (!vtime)
 		return 0;
 
-	printf("[RUN]\tchecking for native vsyscall\n");
+	printf("[RUN]\tchecking that vsyscalls are emulated\n");
 	sethandler(SIGTRAP, sigtrap, 0);
 	set_eflags(get_eflags() | X86_EFLAGS_TF);
 	vtime(&tmp);
@@ -474,11 +474,12 @@ static int test_native_vsyscall(void)
 	 */
 	is_native = (num_vsyscall_traps > 1);
 
-	printf("\tvsyscalls are %s (%d instructions in vsyscall page)\n",
+	printf("[%s]\tvsyscalls are %s (%d instructions in vsyscall page)\n",
+	       (is_native ? "FAIL" : "OK"),
 	       (is_native ? "native" : "emulated"),
 	       (int)num_vsyscall_traps);
 
-	return 0;
+	return is_native;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	nerrs += test_vsys_r();
 
 #ifdef __x86_64__
-	nerrs += test_native_vsyscall();
+	nerrs += test_emulation();
 #endif
 
 	return nerrs ? 1 : 0;
