diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
index 189c31be163c..eaba9ec12789 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
@@ -213,4 +213,45 @@ alternative_endif
 #define ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, ...)   \
 	_ALTERNATIVE_CFG(oldinstr, newinstr, __VA_ARGS__, 1)
 
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+static __always_inline bool
+alternative_has_feature_likely(unsigned long feature)
+{
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(feature >= ARM64_NCAPS);
+
+	asm_volatile_goto(
+	ALTERNATIVE("b	%l[l_no]", "nop", %[feature])
+	:
+	: [feature] "i" (feature)
+	:
+	: l_no);
+
+	return true;
+l_no:
+	return false;
+}
+
+static __always_inline bool
+alternative_has_feature_unlikely(unsigned long feature)
+{
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(feature >= ARM64_NCAPS);
+
+	asm_volatile_goto(
+	ALTERNATIVE("nop", "b	%l[l_yes]", %[feature])
+	:
+	: [feature] "i" (feature)
+	:
+	: l_yes);
+
+	return false;
+l_yes:
+	return true;
+}
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
 #endif /* __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_MACROS_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index f5852ad6e884..ba8a47433b5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_CPUFEATURE_H
 #define __ASM_CPUFEATURE_H
 
+#include <asm/alternative-macros.h>
 #include <asm/cpucaps.h>
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/hwcap.h>
@@ -419,8 +420,6 @@ static __always_inline bool is_hyp_code(void)
 }
 
 extern DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_hwcaps, ARM64_NCAPS);
-extern struct static_key_false cpu_hwcap_keys[ARM64_NCAPS];
-extern struct static_key_false arm64_const_caps_ready;
 
 extern DECLARE_BITMAP(boot_capabilities, ARM64_NCAPS);
 
@@ -438,7 +437,7 @@ unsigned long cpu_get_elf_hwcap2(void);
 
 static __always_inline bool system_capabilities_finalized(void)
 {
-	return static_branch_likely(&arm64_const_caps_ready);
+	return alternative_has_feature_likely(ARM64_ALWAYS_SYSTEM);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ static __always_inline bool __cpus_have_const_cap(int num)
 {
 	if (num >= ARM64_NCAPS)
 		return false;
-	return static_branch_unlikely(&cpu_hwcap_keys[num]);
+	return alternative_has_feature_unlikely(num);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/lse.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/lse.h
index 29c85810ae69..c503db8e73b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/lse.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/lse.h
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
+#include <asm/alternative-macros.h>
 #include <asm/atomic_lse.h>
 #include <asm/cpucaps.h>
 
-extern struct static_key_false cpu_hwcap_keys[ARM64_NCAPS];
-
 static __always_inline bool system_uses_lse_atomics(void)
 {
-	return static_branch_likely(&cpu_hwcap_keys[ARM64_HAS_LSE_ATOMICS]);
+	return alternative_has_feature_likely(ARM64_HAS_LSE_ATOMICS);
 }
 
 #define __lse_ll_sc_body(op, ...)					\
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 68a0545285a1..d9c3879728bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -133,31 +133,12 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arm64_mismatched_32bit_el0);
  */
 static cpumask_var_t cpu_32bit_el0_mask __cpumask_var_read_mostly;
 
-/*
- * Flag to indicate if we have computed the system wide
- * capabilities based on the boot time active CPUs. This
- * will be used to determine if a new booting CPU should
- * go through the verification process to make sure that it
- * supports the system capabilities, without using a hotplug
- * notifier. This is also used to decide if we could use
- * the fast path for checking constant CPU caps.
- */
-DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arm64_const_caps_ready);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm64_const_caps_ready);
-static inline void finalize_system_capabilities(void)
-{
-	static_branch_enable(&arm64_const_caps_ready);
-}
-
 void dump_cpu_features(void)
 {
 	/* file-wide pr_fmt adds "CPU features: " prefix */
 	pr_emerg("0x%*pb\n", ARM64_NCAPS, &cpu_hwcaps);
 }
 
-DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_FALSE(cpu_hwcap_keys, ARM64_NCAPS);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_hwcap_keys);
-
 #define __ARM64_FTR_BITS(SIGNED, VISIBLE, STRICT, TYPE, SHIFT, WIDTH, SAFE_VAL) \
 	{						\
 		.sign = SIGNED,				\
@@ -2944,9 +2925,6 @@ static void __init enable_cpu_capabilities(u16 scope_mask)
 		if (!cpus_have_cap(num))
 			continue;
 
-		/* Ensure cpus_have_const_cap(num) works */
-		static_branch_enable(&cpu_hwcap_keys[num]);
-
 		if (boot_scope && caps->cpu_enable)
 			/*
 			 * Capabilities with SCOPE_BOOT_CPU scope are finalised
@@ -3268,9 +3246,6 @@ void __init setup_cpu_features(void)
 	sme_setup();
 	minsigstksz_setup();
 
-	/* Advertise that we have computed the system capabilities */
-	finalize_system_capabilities();
-
 	/*
 	 * Check for sane CTR_EL0.CWG value.
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
index afa69e04e75e..118973a6ab05 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(__icache_flags);
 /* VMID bits set by the KVM VMID allocator */
 KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(kvm_arm_vmid_bits);
 
-/* Kernel symbols needed for cpus_have_final/const_caps checks. */
-KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(arm64_const_caps_ready);
-KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(cpu_hwcap_keys);
-
 /* Static keys which are set if a vGIC trap should be handled in hyp. */
 KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(vgic_v2_cpuif_trap);
 KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(vgic_v3_cpuif_trap);