diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 5dd7f5db24d45e6d98961ae53cc4478224068d8b..e56c2d1dde701fcd910cefa0bb19fe15e77f8fb6 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ config ALPHA
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index ade7e924bef5faaf00de76c0354e025ed4371b35..22d378be1f143f75311dd8207521aee978be81a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if (PERF_EVENTS && (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7))
 	select HAVE_IDE if PCI || ISA || PCMCIA
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index ef54a59a9e89cba5e4920b8733aeea067d19d9e5..dd50d72881c61a188df8a7cebe33a13a76402221 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ config ARM64
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if PERF_EVENTS
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index b6f3ad5441c5f33f27c44850ca8d19c9898001b7..86f891f0ae4892658c99b8cfb16644899cfe5f34 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ config BLACKFIN
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
 	select HAVE_IDE
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP if RAMKERNEL
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 if RAMKERNEL
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA if RAMKERNEL
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index df2eb4bd9fa2abbaa06c6978537fcabc88c22cf7..c44fd6eb0d78346d78f5c39adddc41ad433f848e 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ config FRV
 	default y
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_UID16
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
index 0744f7d7b1fd096b5ccbc71cab7305ea997fb3c3..40a318594ae760dbee7cb74b791daec4e1a9db8e 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ config HEXAGON
 	# select HAVE_CLK
 	# select IRQ_PER_CPU
 	# select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index dba9390d37cf2c0d1672ca6dfb2b1453fb4294cf..3d86d699b9ad56dc841598b71ba0612add3fb41b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config MIPS
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 11def45b98c5ee04f356890a8396b8d970624524..8f0df474deedfcac313a8353ca4e29fae75617d7 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ config PARISC
 	select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
 	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
 	select BUG
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index a902a5c1c76a337280fb8b6d42500e0e6f2caffb..a90f0c9c3ec270d80041a16f6821ba95584dd831 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS if PPC64
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if PPC32
 	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if PERF_EVENTS && PPC_BOOK3S_64
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 5dba755a43e60911ae2a5b922bde0c9f4a70b6f1..0816ff01f40c25a334dfe9757f0721885ba2dcde 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ config S390
 	select HAVE_KVM if 64BIT
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index babc2b826c5caf5f26f9a029452e5067451190c1..996e008aaa3efc0c4ac17df82783f812c07b1ef6 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ config SUPERH
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 	select ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index b6b442b0d793daeff8caea90418458618a7ce506..05a478fa9143b439589e5e9fefad1754f8d6f50b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ config SPARC
 	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select RTC_CLASS
 	select RTC_DRV_M48T59
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
 	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 46c3bff3ced20e31c379bdde1c9a50c95206ff8e..c13e07a8ebd3b5eb4e774683c1cbb06f035e832a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
 	select HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
-	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
 	select HAVE_KPROBES
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/Kconfig
index 7d3207559265c35085652be0a23b3942f5031171..d44d3ad26fa517527f3d1369e28e221b40bc72f3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/Kconfig
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ config IIO_GPIO_TRIGGER
 config IIO_SYSFS_TRIGGER
 	tristate "SYSFS trigger"
 	depends on SYSFS
-	depends on HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select IRQ_WORK
 	help
 	  Provides support for using SYSFS entry as IIO triggers.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 6fdd6e339326a079a2b6b5a3a1d2940b2bd81bd8..cdc152c75727409683864f26816912423db4563c 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -20,12 +20,8 @@ config CONSTRUCTORS
 	bool
 	depends on !UML
 
-config HAVE_IRQ_WORK
-	bool
-
 config IRQ_WORK
 	bool
-	depends on HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 
 config BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
 	bool