diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
index 095b21507b6a..d35f24e231cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ extern const struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(int cpu);
 #define topology_core_id(cpu)			(cpu_data(cpu).cpu_core_id)
 #define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)		(per_cpu(cpu_core_map, cpu))
 #define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu)		(per_cpu(cpu_sibling_map, cpu))
-
-/* indicates that pointers to the topology cpumask_t maps are valid */
-#define arch_provides_topology_pointers		yes
 #endif
 
 static inline void arch_fix_phys_package_id(int num, u32 slot)