diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
index 22492b75ff42..b038410eccb6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -719,10 +719,6 @@ For user space mitigation:
 			needed.
 		off
 			Disable the mitigation.
-		auto
-			Enable the HW mitigation if needed, but
-			*don't* enable the SW mitigation except for KVM.
-			The system may be vulnerable.
 
 For spectre_v2_user see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
 
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2ff2e5056c97..e61f0d038c6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5413,9 +5413,6 @@
 			on   - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation
 			       as needed.
 			off  - Disable the mitigation.
-			auto - Enable the HW mitigation if needed, but
-			       *don't* enable the SW mitigation except
-			       for KVM.  The system may be vulnerable.
 
 	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
 			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 591b0a7abfd2..ec740d5263d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2523,10 +2523,6 @@ config SPECTRE_BHI_OFF
 	bool "off"
 	help
 	  Equivalent to setting spectre_bhi=off command line parameter.
-config SPECTRE_BHI_AUTO
-	bool "auto"
-	help
-	  Equivalent to setting spectre_bhi=auto command line parameter.
 
 endchoice
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index dafb854603f0..119ae8db0199 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1602,13 +1602,10 @@ static bool __init spec_ctrl_bhi_dis(void)
 enum bhi_mitigations {
 	BHI_MITIGATION_OFF,
 	BHI_MITIGATION_ON,
-	BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO,
 };
 
 static enum bhi_mitigations bhi_mitigation __ro_after_init =
-	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_ON)  ? BHI_MITIGATION_ON  :
-	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_OFF) ? BHI_MITIGATION_OFF :
-					     BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO;
+	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_ON) ? BHI_MITIGATION_ON : BHI_MITIGATION_OFF;
 
 static int __init spectre_bhi_parse_cmdline(char *str)
 {
@@ -1619,8 +1616,6 @@ static int __init spectre_bhi_parse_cmdline(char *str)
 		bhi_mitigation = BHI_MITIGATION_OFF;
 	else if (!strcmp(str, "on"))
 		bhi_mitigation = BHI_MITIGATION_ON;
-	else if (!strcmp(str, "auto"))
-		bhi_mitigation = BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO;
 	else
 		pr_err("Ignoring unknown spectre_bhi option (%s)", str);
 
@@ -1650,9 +1645,6 @@ static void __init bhi_select_mitigation(void)
 	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP_ON_VMEXIT);
 	pr_info("Spectre BHI mitigation: SW BHB clearing on vm exit\n");
 
-	if (bhi_mitigation == BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO)
-		return;
-
 	/* Mitigate syscalls when the mitigation is forced =on */
 	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP);
 	pr_info("Spectre BHI mitigation: SW BHB clearing on syscall\n");