diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 7f312d80b43b..0e49d39ea74a 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ config ALPHA
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select AUDIT_ARCH
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index a9c4e48bb7ec..2a50957c7bfb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config ARM
 	bool
 	default y
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index bc3f00f586f1..3df2ca7efbcc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ config ARM64
 	select ACPI_MCFG if ACPI
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE if ACPI
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 26388562e300..5bbea197c220 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ config MIPS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE if CPU_SUPPORTS_HUGEPAGES && 64BIT
 	select RTC_LIB if !MACH_LOONGSON64
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
 	select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index af12c2db9bb8..8a96bdcc3807 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ config PARISC
 	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select BROKEN_RODATA
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 927d2ab2ce08..18d1b42cf545 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if PPC32
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_PERF_REGS
 	select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index c109f073d454..d89d97ac83c4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA
 
 config S390
 	def_bool y
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 59b09600dd32..bfedbe0cb7b2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ config SPARC
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_EXIT_THREAD
 	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select RTC_CLASS
 	select RTC_DRV_M48T59
 	select RTC_SYSTOHC
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index 78da75b670bc..4583c0320059 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 config TILE
 	def_bool y
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 2a1f0ce7c59a..018076fcffcf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	select ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK
 	select ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE if ACPI
-	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index d79909dc01ec..0e74df3c5441 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -457,9 +457,6 @@ config NLATTR
 config GENERIC_ATOMIC64
        bool
 
-config ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
-	def_bool y if GENERIC_ATOMIC64
-
 config LRU_CACHE
 	tristate
 
diff --git a/lib/atomic64_test.c b/lib/atomic64_test.c
index dbb369145dda..46042901130f 100644
--- a/lib/atomic64_test.c
+++ b/lib/atomic64_test.c
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ static __init void test_atomic64(void)
 	r += one;
 	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	INIT(onestwos);
 	BUG_ON(atomic64_dec_if_positive(&v) != (onestwos - 1));
 	r -= one;
@@ -226,9 +225,6 @@ static __init void test_atomic64(void)
 	INIT(-one);
 	BUG_ON(atomic64_dec_if_positive(&v) != (-one - one));
 	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
-#else
-#warning Please implement atomic64_dec_if_positive for your architecture and select the above Kconfig symbol
-#endif
 
 	INIT(onestwos);
 	BUG_ON(!atomic64_inc_not_zero(&v));
