diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 646591c67e7a..b335da126e86 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1584,16 +1584,6 @@ static bool has_useable_gicv3_cpuif(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
 	return has_sre;
 }
 
-static bool has_no_hw_prefetch(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry, int __unused)
-{
-	u32 midr = read_cpuid_id();
-
-	/* Cavium ThunderX pass 1.x and 2.x */
-	return midr_is_cpu_model_range(midr, MIDR_THUNDERX,
-		MIDR_CPU_VAR_REV(0, 0),
-		MIDR_CPU_VAR_REV(1, MIDR_REVISION_MASK));
-}
-
 static bool has_cache_idc(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
 			  int scope)
 {
@@ -2321,12 +2311,6 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
 		ARM64_CPUID_FIELDS(ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1, ATOMIC, IMP)
 	},
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS */
-	{
-		.desc = "Software prefetching using PRFM",
-		.capability = ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH,
-		.type = ARM64_CPUCAP_WEAK_LOCAL_CPU_FEATURE,
-		.matches = has_no_hw_prefetch,
-	},
 	{
 		.desc = "Virtualization Host Extensions",
 		.capability = ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S b/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S
index c336d2ffdec5..6a56d7cf309d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@
  *	x1 - src
  */
 SYM_FUNC_START(__pi_copy_page)
-alternative_if ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH
-	// Prefetch three cache lines ahead.
-	prfm	pldl1strm, [x1, #128]
-	prfm	pldl1strm, [x1, #256]
-	prfm	pldl1strm, [x1, #384]
-alternative_else_nop_endif
-
 	ldp	x2, x3, [x1]
 	ldp	x4, x5, [x1, #16]
 	ldp	x6, x7, [x1, #32]
@@ -39,10 +32,6 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 1:
 	tst	x0, #(PAGE_SIZE - 1)
 
-alternative_if ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH
-	prfm	pldl1strm, [x1, #384]
-alternative_else_nop_endif
-
 	stnp	x2, x3, [x0, #-256]
 	ldp	x2, x3, [x1]
 	stnp	x4, x5, [x0, #16 - 256]
diff --git a/arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps b/arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps
index b98c38288a9d..0eb2a2d2f783 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps
+++ b/arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ HAS_LDAPR
 HAS_LSE_ATOMICS
 HAS_MOPS
 HAS_NESTED_VIRT
-HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH
 HAS_PAN
 HAS_S1PIE
 HAS_RAS_EXTN