diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 92e888ed939f9833a3b17f32ae7d15813ec4c46f..1afe3af1cc09726c0e0c91c3803b0f8a020584b8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3390,13 +3390,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
-		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) {
-			WARN("CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN",
-			     "Use of boolean is deprecated, please use bool instead.\n" . $herecurr);
-		}
-
 		if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&
 		    ($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) {
 			my $flag = $1;