diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 90542db1220dbcff5bc7f0d27ce233389a6d780d..a0af11b90236ca0268c3538ad19acb3c87ef6dbb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ choice
 config ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
 	bool "Allow multiple platforms to be selected"
 	depends on MMU
-	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 	select ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
 	select AUTO_ZRELADDR
@@ -342,7 +341,6 @@ config ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
 config ARM_SINGLE_ARMV7M
 	bool "ARMv7-M based platforms (Cortex-M0/M3/M4)"
 	depends on !MMU
-	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_NVIC
 	select AUTO_ZRELADDR
 	select CLKSRC_OF
@@ -356,12 +354,12 @@ config ARM_SINGLE_ARMV7M
 
 config ARCH_CLPS711X
 	bool "Cirrus Logic CLPS711x/EP721x/EP731x-based"
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select AUTO_ZRELADDR
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select CPU_ARM720T
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MFD_SYSCON
 	select SOC_BUS
 	help
@@ -369,10 +367,10 @@ config ARCH_CLPS711X
 
 config ARCH_GEMINI
 	bool "Cortina Systems Gemini"
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select CPU_FA526
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	help
 	  Support for the Cortina Systems Gemini family SoCs
 
@@ -393,7 +391,6 @@ config ARCH_EBSA110
 config ARCH_EP93XX
 	bool "EP93xx-based"
 	select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
 	select ARM_VIC
@@ -402,6 +399,7 @@ config ARCH_EP93XX
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select CPU_ARM920T
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	help
 	  This enables support for the Cirrus EP93xx series of CPUs.
 
@@ -442,9 +440,9 @@ config ARCH_IOP13XX
 config ARCH_IOP32X
 	bool "IOP32x-based"
 	depends on MMU
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CPU_XSCALE
 	select GPIO_IOP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select NEED_RET_TO_USER
 	select PCI
 	select PLAT_IOP
@@ -455,9 +453,9 @@ config ARCH_IOP32X
 config ARCH_IOP33X
 	bool "IOP33x-based"
 	depends on MMU
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CPU_XSCALE
 	select GPIO_IOP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select NEED_RET_TO_USER
 	select PCI
 	select PLAT_IOP
@@ -468,12 +466,12 @@ config ARCH_IXP4XX
 	bool "IXP4xx-based"
 	depends on MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_COHERENT_MASK
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select CPU_XSCALE
 	select DMABOUNCE if PCI
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MIGHT_HAVE_PCI
 	select NEED_MACH_IO_H
 	select USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_DESC
@@ -483,9 +481,9 @@ config ARCH_IXP4XX
 
 config ARCH_DOVE
 	bool "Marvell Dove"
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CPU_PJ4
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MIGHT_HAVE_PCI
 	select MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
 	select MVEBU_MBUS
@@ -499,10 +497,10 @@ config ARCH_DOVE
 
 config ARCH_KS8695
 	bool "Micrel/Kendin KS8695"
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select CPU_ARM922T
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select NEED_MACH_MEMORY_H
 	help
 	  Support for Micrel/Kendin KS8695 "Centaur" (ARM922T) based
@@ -510,11 +508,11 @@ config ARCH_KS8695
 
 config ARCH_W90X900
 	bool "Nuvoton W90X900 CPU"
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select CPU_ARM926T
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	help
 	  Support for Nuvoton (Winbond logic dept.) ARM9 processor,
 	  At present, the w90x900 has been renamed nuc900, regarding
@@ -526,13 +524,13 @@ config ARCH_W90X900
 
 config ARCH_LPC32XX
 	bool "NXP LPC32XX"
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CLKSRC_LPC32XX
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select CPU_ARM926T
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
 	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	select USE_OF
@@ -543,7 +541,6 @@ config ARCH_PXA
 	bool "PXA2xx/PXA3xx-based"
 	depends on MMU
 	select ARCH_MTD_XIP
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_CPU_SUSPEND if PM
 	select AUTO_ZRELADDR
 	select COMMON_CLK
@@ -554,6 +551,7 @@ config ARCH_PXA
 	select CPU_XSCALE if !CPU_XSC3
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GPIO_PXA
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
@@ -584,7 +582,6 @@ config ARCH_RPC
 config ARCH_SA1100
 	bool "SA1100-based"
 	select ARCH_MTD_XIP
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
@@ -593,6 +590,7 @@ config ARCH_SA1100
 	select CPU_FREQ
 	select CPU_SA1100
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select ISA
@@ -604,12 +602,12 @@ config ARCH_SA1100
 
 config ARCH_S3C24XX
 	bool "Samsung S3C24XX SoCs"
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ATAGS
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CLKSRC_SAMSUNG_PWM
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GPIO_SAMSUNG
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_I2C if I2C
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
@@ -625,12 +623,12 @@ config ARCH_S3C24XX
 config ARCH_DAVINCI
 	bool "TI DaVinci"
 	select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CPU_ARM926T
 	select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select USE_OF
 	select ZONE_DMA
@@ -642,11 +640,11 @@ config ARCH_OMAP1
 	depends on MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
 	select ARCH_OMAP
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
@@ -868,7 +866,7 @@ source "arch/arm/mach-zynq/Kconfig"
 config ARCH_EFM32
 	bool "Energy Micro efm32"
 	depends on ARM_SINGLE_ARMV7M
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	help
 	  Support for Energy Micro's (now Silicon Labs) efm32 Giant Gecko
 	  processors.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig
index 08047afdf38ea63b683f5d28eff4d2c472b343a5..5204395efda8d59db48e49d63d6a2c812687e4b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_AT91
 	bool "Atmel SoCs"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V4T || ARCH_MULTI_V5 || ARCH_MULTI_V7
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select COMMON_CLK_AT91
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select PINCTRL
 	select SOC_BUS
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig
index 68ab6412392a44b84f4519ff04d725a3505f9bcf..8e2ccd2ccf54cb96a397ffa54fcbb75a00728ab9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config ARCH_BCM_IPROC
 	select ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
 	select COMMON_CLK_IPROC
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select PINCTRL
 	help
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ comment "KONA architected SoCs"
 
 config ARCH_BCM_MOBILE
 	bool
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_ERRATA_754322
 	select ARM_ERRATA_775420
 	select ARM_GIC
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ comment "Other Architectures"
 config ARCH_BCM2835
 	bool "Broadcom BCM2835 family"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V6 || ARCH_MULTI_V7
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_ERRATA_411920 if ARCH_MULTI_V6
 	select ARM_TIMER_SP804
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ config ARCH_BRCMSTB
 	select BRCMSTB_L2_IRQ
 	select BCM7120_L2_IRQ
 	select ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT if ARM_LPAE
-	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select SOC_BRCMSTB
 	select SOC_BUS
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-berlin/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-berlin/Kconfig
index ffbfa0bd091b0022a22ba1d71a8d5f3f1605e85b..63ab1d36862518ccdc248e0170f568a54306a0d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-berlin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-berlin/Kconfig
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ menuconfig ARCH_BERLIN
 	bool "Marvell Berlin SoCs"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
 	select ARCH_HAS_RESET_CONTROLLER
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select DW_APB_ICTL
 	select DW_APB_TIMER_OF
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MFD_SYSCON
 	select PINCTRL
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-digicolor/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-digicolor/Kconfig
index fc65b0f1db482c9d9993be16ada142f63e95a8c9..9d05c6c4181d4a98774035678ec82b07063b47d2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-digicolor/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-digicolor/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 config ARCH_DIGICOLOR
 	bool "Conexant Digicolor SoC Support"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select DIGICOLOR_TIMER
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MFD_SYSCON
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCTRL_DIGICOLOR
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
index e65aa7d11b20971493a730f8a47754bdf3f484cc..7f2d804fbddf344b1d57853d270c8c8cc103f941 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ menuconfig ARCH_EXYNOS
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
 	select ARCH_HAS_BANDGAP
 	select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select COMMON_CLK_SAMSUNG
 	select EXYNOS_THERMAL
 	select EXYNOS_PMU
 	select EXYNOS_SROM
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_I2C if I2C
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
index dd905b9602a02d53ebe86764aaf00dbbc4dbe1da..859e584f1f01d3d2ed0bb5f01500b9d8e84440e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_MXC
 	bool "Freescale i.MX family"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V4_V5 || ARCH_MULTI_V6_V7 || ARM_SINGLE_ARMV7M
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
 	select CLKSRC_IMX_GPT
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PM_OPP if PM
 	select SOC_BUS
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/Kconfig
index b2a85ba13f088fb451377fa09d800df34e926846..bc764a89615ed361577a5ae689d7dc36fdb06cf3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/Kconfig
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ config ARCH_INTEGRATOR_AP
 config INTEGRATOR_IMPD1
 	bool "Include support for Integrator/IM-PD1"
 	depends on ARCH_INTEGRATOR_AP
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_VIC
-	select GPIO_PL061 if GPIOLIB
+	select GPIO_PL061
+	select GPIOLIB
 	help
 	  The IM-PD1 is an add-on logic module for the Integrator which
 	  allows ARM(R) Ltd PrimeCells to be developed and evaluated.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-meson/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-meson/Kconfig
index 31bdd91098b637fa4f9314f649ada051e89a7f95..fbce42d7390f520751d1261be827d873d5359f69 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-meson/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-meson/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_MESON
 	bool "Amlogic Meson SoCs"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select CACHE_L2X0
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mmp/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mmp/Kconfig
index 01c57d36946255cffd58ff876654a85f3d3bf7db..94500bed56ab97d6f48fdb68bcd02e1f06d4c997 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mmp/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mmp/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_MMP
 	bool "Marvell PXA168/910/MMP2"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5 || ARCH_MULTI_V7
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select GPIO_PXA
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PLAT_PXA
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-moxart/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-moxart/Kconfig
index 180d9d2167195936ccb2062b1e8035a8adefef78..6eca2363b81a679b90a03fdeeb5717f711c70b73 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-moxart/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-moxart/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_MOXART
 	select ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select PHYLIB if NETDEVICES
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to run your kernel on hardware with a
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
index c32f85559c6509e7f64116c351730141db16938a..81c0f08a2684d8f23b6fcc34df0826fa9979ff18 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_MV78XX0
 	bool "Marvell MV78xx0"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CPU_FEROCEON
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MVEBU_MBUS
 	select PCI
 	select PLAT_ORION_LEGACY
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
index 348044ea650c6725e07b910cc810e4e1ae566774..f9b6bd306cfea8fc29d48485e47b60c701b21df3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_MVEBU
 	select SOC_BUS
 	select MVEBU_MBUS
 	select ZONE_DMA if ARM_LPAE
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select PCI_QUIRKS if PCI
 	select OF_ADDRESS_PCI
 
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ config MACH_DOVE
 config MACH_KIRKWOOD
 	bool "Marvell Kirkwood boards"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CPU_FEROCEON
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select KIRKWOOD_CLK
 	select MACH_MVEBU_ANY
 	select ORION_IRQCHIP
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/Kconfig
index 84794137b17500da75487a5e394be6bea0f30495..5d9e5fce7937d664ad84a3421e6664bbb46dd845 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/Kconfig
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ config SOC_IMX28
 config ARCH_MXS
 	bool "Freescale MXS (i.MX23, i.MX28) support"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select PINCTRL
 	select SOC_BUS
 	select SOC_IMX23
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/Kconfig
index 3c61096c8627fc9e89a8d08697ef880d0b8a8bc6..b7e9801fdaa4aa178612a77247799a1519fade45 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/Kconfig
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_NOMADIK
 	bool "ST-Ericsson Nomadik"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_VIC
 	select CLKSRC_NOMADIK_MTU
 	select CLKSRC_NOMADIK_MTU_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select CPU_ARM926T
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCTRL_NOMADIK
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
index 0517f0c1581a71091539c5c1abe47473f4b789ef..b5d3c4c75626865b4ef0929867f56daeb88e9199 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ config ARCH_OMAP2PLUS
 	select ARCH_HAS_BANDGAP
 	select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
 	select ARCH_OMAP
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MACH_OMAP_GENERIC
 	select MEMORY
 	select MFD_SYSCON
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig
index a2af15822fcb85d6e9a16d0e2d9455c7df0c5dd0..89bb0fc796bd0ff27081256cb7b43a045c3d5399 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_ORION5X
 	bool "Marvell Orion"
 	depends on MMU && ARCH_MULTI_V5
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select CPU_FEROCEON
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select MVEBU_MBUS
 	select PCI
 	select PLAT_ORION_LEGACY
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-oxnas/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-oxnas/Kconfig
index 4fff3c7666dfe084eb1c9c923ecd793c07acdb2e..2dde0acf01fd03d9fd50c026126623a8631db8c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-oxnas/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-oxnas/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_OXNAS
 	bool "Oxford Semiconductor OXNAS Family SoCs"
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_HAS_RESET_CONTROLLER
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select PINCTRL
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-picoxcell/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-picoxcell/Kconfig
index aef92ba0eacd9bf5e04611814739b4032bedf2ab..1c8f701526c932237ad8c8c0f51b80ee8af585ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-picoxcell/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-picoxcell/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 config ARCH_PICOXCELL
 	bool "Picochip PicoXcell"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V6
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_VIC
 	select DW_APB_TIMER_OF
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_TCM
 	select NO_IOPORT_MAP
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-prima2/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-prima2/Kconfig
index 0cf4426183cff99718d63975dfcb01453b45f56b..3c4717c4b16b05d7929aade2902f0300f6894467 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-prima2/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-prima2/Kconfig
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ menuconfig ARCH_SIRF
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
 	select ARCH_HAS_RESET_CONTROLLER
 	select RESET_CONTROLLER
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select NO_IOPORT_MAP
 	select REGMAP
 	select PINCTRL
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
index cef42fd886d1064d514b20482dce7e41a1a0aaeb..9ad84cd01ba01e6c213ba4936ce14719327cc908 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ config ARCH_ROCKCHIP
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCTRL_ROCKCHIP
 	select ARCH_HAS_RESET_CONTROLLER
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select CACHE_L2X0
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
 	select HAVE_ARM_TWD if SMP
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/Kconfig
index b91aee406c74c079bc69353a7d533e22a0ee7554..4b1690acb6a5d61ac7a8522a5b5c470361562dc6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if ARCH_S3C24XX
 
 config PLAT_S3C24XX
 	def_bool y
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select NO_IOPORT_MAP
 	select S3C_DEV_NAND
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig
index e5c1888fc67bbfdc461c7c689f76ccf204043b25..459214fa20b40bfd6e17e7c8938d57e35dd52b2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_S3C64XX
 	bool "Samsung S3C64XX"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V6
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_VIC
 	select CLKSRC_SAMSUNG_PWM
 	select COMMON_CLK_SAMSUNG
 	select GPIO_SAMSUNG if ATAGS
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_I2C if I2C
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_TCM
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
index 13bc9820ff226cd89d5ff6c75b72220ea6c74adc..4cec11cf5e6f079faba8ffe89fe7a4eeb0917481 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/Kconfig
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ config ARCH_S5PV210
 	bool "Samsung S5PV210/S5PC110"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
 	select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_VIC
 	select CLKSRC_SAMSUNG_PWM
 	select COMMON_CLK_SAMSUNG
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_I2C if I2C
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/Kconfig
index fe4ccb52f9213d8b586a1440ba606ad2afa1bc6e..108ae2b41819a2dd0b93c0e078b1f51e5f2e5119 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/Kconfig
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_RENESAS
 	select ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT if ARM_LPAE
 	select NO_IOPORT_MAP
 	select PINCTRL
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select ZONE_DMA if ARM_LPAE
 
 if ARCH_RENESAS
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-spear/Kconfig
index ea9ea95630bdb7ee04a638377958a5c429a50ba7..b7260c2b510c2dddac54bd9c57c9ceb8f7578154 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear/Kconfig
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 menuconfig PLAT_SPEAR
 	bool "ST SPEAr Family"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7 || ARCH_MULTI_V5
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
+	select GPIOLIB
 
 if PLAT_SPEAR
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sti/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-sti/Kconfig
index 6f1af29f935d2bd5f75a47b70d214f1fbddf0b9b..119e1108b1f8dcf37456bea039748e07d1bf93f3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sti/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sti/Kconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_STI
 	select MFD_SYSCON
 	select ARCH_HAS_RESET_CONTROLLER
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_ERRATA_754322
 	select ARM_ERRATA_764369 if SMP
 	select ARM_ERRATA_775420
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
index c124d658b3506d36d8070bcb4cdf1e22a86ef607..096ed216c6d5c8b77be02c56f2861978dd29e64e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_SUNXI
 	bool "Allwinner SoCs"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_HAS_RESET_CONTROLLER
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select PINCTRL
 	select SUN4I_TIMER
 	select RESET_CONTROLLER
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
index 0fa8b84ed657e702a0f34f037927bceec78b8046..329f01c5b6f89cf0f58849392e943eff10cf4ba7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_TEGRA
 	bool "NVIDIA Tegra"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_TRUSTED_FOUNDATIONS
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
 	select HAVE_ARM_TWD if SMP
 	select PINCTRL
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-u300/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-u300/Kconfig
index 301a98498453d40915c2292da3d844d38bcce3e5..56e0ef680b7911d6b4a5b3aa046a5188ae01748b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-u300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-u300/Kconfig
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_U300
 	bool "ST-Ericsson U300 Series"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5 && MMU
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_VIC
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select CPU_ARM926T
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_TCM
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCTRL_COH901
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/Kconfig
index 3185081bdb2cd4a4766970beb828df20cfaf4ba2..4740ac393297c228a8eb7b9afe77243bc62f573a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/Kconfig
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ menuconfig ARCH_U8500
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7 && MMU
 	select AB8500_CORE
 	select ABX500_CORE
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_ERRATA_754322
 	select ARM_ERRATA_764369 if SMP
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select CACHE_L2X0
 	select CLKSRC_NOMADIK_MTU
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
 	select HAVE_ARM_TWD if SMP
 	select PINCTRL
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig
index 398a297b7e0959c08a085e29875320320f95f816..7c728ebc0b33b36d276ee93d3210150cdde3347d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_VEXPRESS
 	bool "ARM Ltd. Versatile Express family"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
 	select ARM_TIMER_SP804
 	select COMMON_CLK_VERSATILE
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
 	select HAVE_ARM_TWD if SMP
 	select HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vt8500/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-vt8500/Kconfig
index aaaa24fe4d71a08cbdc6b546d28778db247e8622..c4f1dba7bd8aa8239be17e6808150cb8584a23f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-vt8500/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-vt8500/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config ARCH_VT8500
 	bool
-	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select VT8500_TIMER
 	select PINCTRL