diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200.c
index a83302b96c0163187b6f87710a34da57ada23a47..48bc4226e0c55f3ee8df8973cd85ff4829ac6b73 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200.c
@@ -212,8 +212,6 @@ static int au1200_nand_device_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	return __raw_readl((void __iomem *)MEM_STSTAT) & 1;
 }
 
-static const char *db1200_part_probes[] = { "cmdlinepart", NULL };
-
 static struct mtd_partition db1200_nand_parts[] = {
 	{
 		.name	= "NAND FS 0",
@@ -234,7 +232,6 @@ struct platform_nand_data db1200_nand_platdata = {
 		.nr_partitions	= ARRAY_SIZE(db1200_nand_parts),
 		.partitions	= db1200_nand_parts,
 		.chip_delay	= 20,
-		.part_probe_types = db1200_part_probes,
 	},
 	.ctrl = {
 		.dev_ready	= au1200_nand_device_ready,
diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1300.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1300.c
index 0893f2af0d01d543d0a5cc1add7d5179bcef7cca..c56e0246694ecdffbc4afda86374db50d8bc5cb8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1300.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1300.c
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ static int au1300_nand_device_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	return __raw_readl((void __iomem *)MEM_STSTAT) & 1;
 }
 
-static const char *db1300_part_probes[] = { "cmdlinepart", NULL };
-
 static struct mtd_partition db1300_nand_parts[] = {
 	{
 		.name	= "NAND FS 0",
@@ -167,7 +165,6 @@ struct platform_nand_data db1300_nand_platdata = {
 		.nr_partitions	= ARRAY_SIZE(db1300_nand_parts),
 		.partitions	= db1300_nand_parts,
 		.chip_delay	= 20,
-		.part_probe_types = db1300_part_probes,
 	},
 	.ctrl = {
 		.dev_ready	= au1300_nand_device_ready,
diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1550.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1550.c
index 6815d0783cd8c195c8afdcdc47ab40c1753248e1..9eb79062f46e449f08a799b5f7c2d91a8c7696bc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1550.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1550.c
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ static int au1550_nand_device_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	return __raw_readl((void __iomem *)MEM_STSTAT) & 1;
 }
 
-static const char *db1550_part_probes[] = { "cmdlinepart", NULL };
-
 static struct mtd_partition db1550_nand_parts[] = {
 	{
 		.name	= "NAND FS 0",
@@ -171,7 +169,6 @@ struct platform_nand_data db1550_nand_platdata = {
 		.nr_partitions	= ARRAY_SIZE(db1550_nand_parts),
 		.partitions	= db1550_nand_parts,
 		.chip_delay	= 20,
-		.part_probe_types = db1550_part_probes,
 	},
 	.ctrl = {
 		.dev_ready	= au1550_nand_device_ready,
diff --git a/arch/mips/pnx833x/common/platform.c b/arch/mips/pnx833x/common/platform.c
index 87167dcc79fa24bf694a9e2d7bc69890a4eab2ef..05a1d922cd60871ef226cc792a448c0d2f295793 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pnx833x/common/platform.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pnx833x/common/platform.c
@@ -244,11 +244,6 @@ static struct platform_device pnx833x_sata_device = {
 	.resource      = pnx833x_sata_resources,
 };
 
-static const char *part_probes[] = {
-	"cmdlinepart",
-	NULL
-};
-
 static void
 pnx833x_flash_nand_cmd_ctrl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd, unsigned int ctrl)
 {
@@ -268,7 +263,6 @@ static struct platform_nand_data pnx833x_flash_nand_data = {
 	.chip = {
 		.nr_chips		= 1,
 		.chip_delay		= 25,
-		.part_probe_types 	= part_probes,
 	},
 	.ctrl = {
 		.cmd_ctrl 		= pnx833x_flash_nand_cmd_ctrl