diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/bugs.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/bugs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 78030d1c7e7e..000000000000
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/bugs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  include/asm-alpha/bugs.h
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 1994  Linus Torvalds
- */
-
-/*
- * This is included by init/main.c to check for architecture-dependent bugs.
- *
- * Needs:
- *	void check_bugs(void);
- */
-
-/*
- * I don't know of any alpha bugs yet.. Nice chip
- */
-
-static void check_bugs(void)
-{
-}
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/bugs.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/bugs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a7f9db6bd1c..000000000000
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/bugs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- *  include/asm-parisc/bugs.h
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 1999	Mike Shaver
- */
-
-/*
- * This is included by init/main.c to check for architecture-dependent bugs.
- *
- * Needs:
- *	void check_bugs(void);
- */
-
-#include <asm/processor.h>
-
-static inline void check_bugs(void)
-{
-//	identify_cpu(&boot_cpu_data);
-}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bugs.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bugs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 01b8f6ca4dbb..000000000000
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bugs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
-#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_BUGS_H
-#define _ASM_POWERPC_BUGS_H
-
-/*
- */
-
-/*
- * This file is included by 'init/main.c' to check for
- * architecture-dependent bugs.
- */
-
-static inline void check_bugs(void) { }
-
-#endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_BUGS_H */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/bugs.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/bugs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 69b29d198249..000000000000
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/bugs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * include/asm-xtensa/bugs.h
- *
- * This is included by init/main.c to check for architecture-dependent bugs.
- *
- * Xtensa processors don't have any bugs.  :)
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General
- * Public License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of
- * this archive for more details.
- */
-
-#ifndef _XTENSA_BUGS_H
-#define _XTENSA_BUGS_H
-
-static void check_bugs(void) { }
-
-#endif /* _XTENSA_BUGS_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bugs.h b/include/asm-generic/bugs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 69021830f078..000000000000
--- a/include/asm-generic/bugs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_BUGS_H
-#define __ASM_GENERIC_BUGS_H
-/*
- * This file is included by 'init/main.c' to check for
- * architecture-dependent bugs.
- */
-
-static inline void check_bugs(void) { }
-
-#endif	/* __ASM_GENERIC_BUGS_H */
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 77d53167f4c7..389ac6248677 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
-#include <asm/bugs.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -1079,10 +1078,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address __noreturn start_kernel(v
 	delayacct_init();
 
 	arch_cpu_finalize_init();
-	/* Temporary conditional until everything has been converted */
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT
-	check_bugs();
-#endif
 
 	acpi_subsystem_init();
 	arch_post_acpi_subsys_init();