diff --git a/include/linux/raid/pq.h b/include/linux/raid/pq.h
index d6e5a1feb947..f29aaaf2eb21 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/pq.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/pq.h
@@ -10,17 +10,9 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-/* Set to 1 to use kernel-wide empty_zero_page */
-#define RAID6_USE_EMPTY_ZERO_PAGE 0
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 
-/* We need a pre-zeroed page... if we don't want to use the kernel-provided
-   one define it here */
-#if RAID6_USE_EMPTY_ZERO_PAGE
-# define raid6_empty_zero_page empty_zero_page
-#else
 extern const char raid6_empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE];
-#endif
 
 #else /* ! __KERNEL__ */
 /* Used for testing in user space */
diff --git a/lib/raid6/algos.c b/lib/raid6/algos.c
index 39b74221f4a7..a22a05c9af8a 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/algos.c
+++ b/lib/raid6/algos.c
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
 #else
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
-#if !RAID6_USE_EMPTY_ZERO_PAGE
 /* In .bss so it's zeroed */
 const char raid6_empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE] __attribute__((aligned(256)));
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(raid6_empty_zero_page);
 #endif
-#endif
 
 struct raid6_calls raid6_call;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(raid6_call);