diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 22b0940494bb..c102668b4225 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@ config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
 	bool
 	default PCI
 
-config PPC_OF
-	def_bool y
-
 config PPC_UDBG_16550
 	bool
 	default n
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index ec2e40f2cc11..bfd823abff93 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ config BDI_SWITCH
 
 config BOOTX_TEXT
 	bool "Support for early boot text console (BootX or OpenFirmware only)"
-	depends on PPC_OF && PPC_BOOK3S
+	depends on PPC_BOOK3S
 	help
 	  Say Y here to see progress messages from the boot firmware in text
 	  mode. Requires either BootX or Open Firmware.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index 502cf69b6c89..c1ebbdaac28f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ obj-y				:= cputable.o ptrace.o syscalls.o \
 				   signal.o sysfs.o cacheinfo.o time.o \
 				   prom.o traps.o setup-common.o \
 				   udbg.o misc.o io.o dma.o \
-				   misc_$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE).o vdso32/
+				   misc_$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE).o vdso32/ \
+				   of_platform.o prom_parse.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= setup_64.o sys_ppc32.o \
 				   signal_64.o ptrace32.o \
 				   paca.o nvram_64.o firmware.o
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= vdso64/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC)		+= vecemu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_970_NAP)	+= idle_power4.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_P7_NAP)	+= idle_power7.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_OF)		+= of_platform.o prom_parse.o
 procfs-y			:= proc_powerpc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS)		+= $(procfs-y)
 rtaspci-$(CONFIG_PPC64)-$(CONFIG_PCI)	:= rtas_pci.o