diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 58e7c100b6ad..fef9078a44b6 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -554,22 +554,6 @@ config PNX4008_WATCHDOG
 
 	  Say N if you are unsure.
 
-config IOP_WATCHDOG
-	tristate "IOP Watchdog"
-	depends on ARCH_IOP13XX
-	select WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT if (ARCH_IOP32X || ARCH_IOP33X)
-	help
-	  Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer
-	  in the Intel IOP3XX & IOP13XX I/O Processors.  This driver can
-	  be built as a module by choosing M. The module will
-	  be called iop_wdt.
-
-	  Note: The IOP13XX watchdog does an Internal Bus Reset which will
-	  affect both cores and the peripherals of the IOP.  The ATU-X
-	  and/or ATUe configuration registers will remain intact, but if
-	  operating as an Root Complex and/or Central Resource, the PCI-X
-	  and/or PCIe busses will also be reset.  THIS IS A VERY BIG HAMMER.
-
 config DAVINCI_WATCHDOG
 	tristate "DaVinci watchdog"
 	depends on ARCH_DAVINCI || ARCH_KEYSTONE || COMPILE_TEST
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
index 2ee352bf3372..9de21f5ce909 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SAMA5D4_WATCHDOG) += sama5d4_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DW_WATCHDOG) += dw_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EP93XX_WATCHDOG) += ep93xx_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PNX4008_WATCHDOG) += pnx4008_wdt.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_IOP_WATCHDOG) += iop_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAVINCI_WATCHDOG) += davinci_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ORION_WATCHDOG) += orion_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SUNXI_WATCHDOG) += sunxi_wdt.o
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a9ccdb9a9159..000000000000
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/*
- * drivers/char/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
- *
- * WDT driver for Intel I/O Processors
- * Copyright (C) 2005, Intel Corporation.
- *
- * Based on ixp4xx driver, Copyright 2004 (c) MontaVista, Software, Inc.
- *
- *	Curt E Bruns <curt.e.bruns@intel.com>
- *	Peter Milne <peter.milne@d-tacq.com>
- *	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
- */
-
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
-#include <linux/watchdog.h>
-#include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <mach/hardware.h>
-
-static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
-static unsigned long wdt_status;
-static unsigned long boot_status;
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(wdt_lock);
-
-#define WDT_IN_USE		0
-#define WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE		1
-#define WDT_ENABLED		2
-
-static unsigned long iop_watchdog_timeout(void)
-{
-	return (0xffffffffUL / get_iop_tick_rate());
-}
-
-/**
- * wdt_supports_disable - determine if we are accessing a iop13xx watchdog
- * or iop3xx by whether it has a disable command
- */
-static int wdt_supports_disable(void)
-{
-	int can_disable;
-
-	if (IOP_WDTCR_EN_ARM != IOP_WDTCR_DIS_ARM)
-		can_disable = 1;
-	else
-		can_disable = 0;
-
-	return can_disable;
-}
-
-static void wdt_enable(void)
-{
-	/* Arm and enable the Timer to starting counting down from 0xFFFF.FFFF
-	 * Takes approx. 10.7s to timeout
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&wdt_lock);
-	write_wdtcr(IOP_WDTCR_EN_ARM);
-	write_wdtcr(IOP_WDTCR_EN);
-	spin_unlock(&wdt_lock);
-}
-
-/* returns 0 if the timer was successfully disabled */
-static int wdt_disable(void)
-{
-	/* Stop Counting */
-	if (wdt_supports_disable()) {
-		spin_lock(&wdt_lock);
-		write_wdtcr(IOP_WDTCR_DIS_ARM);
-		write_wdtcr(IOP_WDTCR_DIS);
-		clear_bit(WDT_ENABLED, &wdt_status);
-		spin_unlock(&wdt_lock);
-		pr_info("Disabled\n");
-		return 0;
-	} else
-		return 1;
-}
-
-static int iop_wdt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	if (test_and_set_bit(WDT_IN_USE, &wdt_status))
-		return -EBUSY;
-
-	clear_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE, &wdt_status);
-	wdt_enable();
-	set_bit(WDT_ENABLED, &wdt_status);
-	return stream_open(inode, file);
-}
-
-static ssize_t iop_wdt_write(struct file *file, const char *data, size_t len,
-		  loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	if (len) {
-		if (!nowayout) {
-			size_t i;
-
-			clear_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE, &wdt_status);
-
-			for (i = 0; i != len; i++) {
-				char c;
-
-				if (get_user(c, data + i))
-					return -EFAULT;
-				if (c == 'V')
-					set_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE, &wdt_status);
-			}
-		}
-		wdt_enable();
-	}
-	return len;
-}
-
-static const struct watchdog_info ident = {
-	.options = WDIOF_CARDRESET | WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING,
-	.identity = "iop watchdog",
-};
-
-static long iop_wdt_ioctl(struct file *file,
-				unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	int options;
-	int ret = -ENOTTY;
-	int __user *argp = (int __user *)arg;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case WDIOC_GETSUPPORT:
-		if (copy_to_user(argp, &ident, sizeof(ident)))
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-		else
-			ret = 0;
-		break;
-
-	case WDIOC_GETSTATUS:
-		ret = put_user(0, argp);
-		break;
-
-	case WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS:
-		ret = put_user(boot_status, argp);
-		break;
-
-	case WDIOC_SETOPTIONS:
-		if (get_user(options, (int *)arg))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		if (options & WDIOS_DISABLECARD) {
-			if (!nowayout) {
-				if (wdt_disable() == 0) {
-					set_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE, &wdt_status);
-					ret = 0;
-				} else
-					ret = -ENXIO;
-			} else
-				ret = 0;
-		}
-		if (options & WDIOS_ENABLECARD) {
-			wdt_enable();
-			ret = 0;
-		}
-		break;
-
-	case WDIOC_KEEPALIVE:
-		wdt_enable();
-		ret = 0;
-		break;
-
-	case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
-		ret = put_user(iop_watchdog_timeout(), argp);
-		break;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int iop_wdt_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	int state = 1;
-	if (test_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE, &wdt_status))
-		if (test_bit(WDT_ENABLED, &wdt_status))
-			state = wdt_disable();
-
-	/* if the timer is not disabled reload and notify that we are still
-	 * going down
-	 */
-	if (state != 0) {
-		wdt_enable();
-		pr_crit("Device closed unexpectedly - reset in %lu seconds\n",
-			iop_watchdog_timeout());
-	}
-
-	clear_bit(WDT_IN_USE, &wdt_status);
-	clear_bit(WDT_OK_TO_CLOSE, &wdt_status);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations iop_wdt_fops = {
-	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-	.llseek = no_llseek,
-	.write = iop_wdt_write,
-	.unlocked_ioctl = iop_wdt_ioctl,
-	.open = iop_wdt_open,
-	.release = iop_wdt_release,
-};
-
-static struct miscdevice iop_wdt_miscdev = {
-	.minor = WATCHDOG_MINOR,
-	.name = "watchdog",
-	.fops = &iop_wdt_fops,
-};
-
-static int __init iop_wdt_init(void)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	/* check if the reset was caused by the watchdog timer */
-	boot_status = (read_rcsr() & IOP_RCSR_WDT) ? WDIOF_CARDRESET : 0;
-
-	/* Configure Watchdog Timeout to cause an Internal Bus (IB) Reset
-	 * NOTE: An IB Reset will Reset both cores in the IOP342
-	 */
-	write_wdtsr(IOP13XX_WDTCR_IB_RESET);
-
-	/* Register after we have the device set up so we cannot race
-	   with an open */
-	ret = misc_register(&iop_wdt_miscdev);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		pr_info("timeout %lu sec\n", iop_watchdog_timeout());
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void __exit iop_wdt_exit(void)
-{
-	misc_deregister(&iop_wdt_miscdev);
-}
-
-module_init(iop_wdt_init);
-module_exit(iop_wdt_exit);
-
-module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Curt E Bruns <curt.e.bruns@intel.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("iop watchdog timer driver");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
