diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 1146006d3477ebc79bed736ecf0b456c96cbdb81..79fee2eb8d56f114e7e72305d0ad5b5c8e41379f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -55,64 +55,12 @@ static inline int pmd_protnone(pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	return pte_protnone(pmd_pte(pmd));
 }
-
-static inline int pte_present(pte_t pte)
-{
-	return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_NUMA_MASK;
-}
-
-#define pte_present_nonuma pte_present_nonuma
-static inline int pte_present_nonuma(pte_t pte)
-{
-	return pte_val(pte) & (_PAGE_PRESENT);
-}
-
-#define ptep_set_numa ptep_set_numa
-static inline void ptep_set_numa(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-				 pte_t *ptep)
-{
-	if ((pte_val(*ptep) & _PAGE_PRESENT) == 0)
-		VM_BUG_ON(1);
-
-	pte_update(mm, addr, ptep, _PAGE_PRESENT, _PAGE_NUMA, 0);
-	return;
-}
-
-#define pmdp_set_numa pmdp_set_numa
-static inline void pmdp_set_numa(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-				 pmd_t *pmdp)
-{
-	if ((pmd_val(*pmdp) & _PAGE_PRESENT) == 0)
-		VM_BUG_ON(1);
-
-	pmd_hugepage_update(mm, addr, pmdp, _PAGE_PRESENT, _PAGE_NUMA);
-	return;
-}
-
-/*
- * Generic NUMA pte helpers expect pteval_t and pmdval_t types to exist
- * which was inherited from x86. For the purposes of powerpc pte_basic_t and
- * pmd_t are equivalent
- */
-#define pteval_t pte_basic_t
-#define pmdval_t pmd_t
-static inline pteval_t ptenuma_flags(pte_t pte)
-{
-	return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_NUMA_MASK;
-}
-
-static inline pmdval_t pmdnuma_flags(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	return pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_NUMA_MASK;
-}
-
-# else
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 
 static inline int pte_present(pte_t pte)
 {
 	return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_PRESENT;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 
 /* Conversion functions: convert a page and protection to a page entry,
  * and a page entry and page directory to the page they refer to.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
index 2aef9b7a0eb2afc8635c4d658ae0bd32ae8c463a..c5a755ef7011ad18389ea9fca4db9236824e7343 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ extern unsigned long bad_call_to_PMD_PAGE_SIZE(void);
 			 _PAGE_USER | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_RO | \
 			 _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_HWWRITE | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_EXEC)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
-/* Mask of bits that distinguish present and numa ptes */
-#define _PAGE_NUMA_MASK (_PAGE_NUMA|_PAGE_PRESENT)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * We define 2 sets of base prot bits, one for basic pages (ie,
  * cacheable kernel and user pages) and one for non cacheable
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64.h
index 2505d8eab15cb94da40aea90b9986aa853c0aecb..55aea0caf95ebc78affe30e78d221bf5c00006cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64.h
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
 #define _PAGE_RW		0x0200 /* software: user write access allowed */
 #define _PAGE_BUSY		0x0800 /* software: PTE & hash are busy */
 
-/*
- * Used for tracking numa faults
- */
-#define _PAGE_NUMA	0x00000010 /* Gather numa placement stats */
-
-
 /* No separate kernel read-only */
 #define _PAGE_KERNEL_RW		(_PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY) /* user access blocked by key */
 #define _PAGE_KERNEL_RO		 _PAGE_KERNEL_RW
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index f519b0b529dd4740303108855590e899040cc432..34d42a7d55955568a555b8edbf5091f6d15c08e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd)
 
 static inline pmd_t pmd_mknotpresent(pmd_t pmd)
 {
-	return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_PRESENT);
+	return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY
@@ -442,13 +442,6 @@ static inline int pte_same(pte_t a, pte_t b)
 }
 
 static inline int pte_present(pte_t a)
-{
-	return pte_flags(a) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE |
-			       _PAGE_NUMA);
-}
-
-#define pte_present_nonuma pte_present_nonuma
-static inline int pte_present_nonuma(pte_t a)
 {
 	return pte_flags(a) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE);
 }
@@ -459,7 +452,7 @@ static inline bool pte_accessible(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t a)
 	if (pte_flags(a) & _PAGE_PRESENT)
 		return true;
 
-	if ((pte_flags(a) & (_PAGE_PROTNONE | _PAGE_NUMA)) &&
+	if ((pte_flags(a) & _PAGE_PROTNONE) &&
 			mm_tlb_flush_pending(mm))
 		return true;
 
@@ -479,8 +472,7 @@ static inline int pmd_present(pmd_t pmd)
 	 * the _PAGE_PSE flag will remain set at all times while the
 	 * _PAGE_PRESENT bit is clear).
 	 */
-	return pmd_flags(pmd) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE | _PAGE_PSE |
-				 _PAGE_NUMA);
+	return pmd_flags(pmd) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE | _PAGE_PSE);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
@@ -555,11 +547,6 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_offset_kernel(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long address)
 
 static inline int pmd_bad(pmd_t pmd)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
-	/* pmd_numa check */
-	if ((pmd_flags(pmd) & (_PAGE_NUMA|_PAGE_PRESENT)) == _PAGE_NUMA)
-		return 0;
-#endif
 	return (pmd_flags(pmd) & ~_PAGE_USER) != _KERNPG_TABLE;
 }
 
@@ -878,19 +865,16 @@ static inline void update_mmu_cache_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY
 static inline pte_t pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(pte_t pte)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON(pte_present_nonuma(pte));
 	return pte_set_flags(pte, _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY);
 }
 
 static inline int pte_swp_soft_dirty(pte_t pte)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON(pte_present_nonuma(pte));
 	return pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY;
 }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_swp_clear_soft_dirty(pte_t pte)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON(pte_present_nonuma(pte));
 	return pte_clear_flags(pte, _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index e227970f983ee0251a05b0356de898748a4baf85..2ee781114d3480fa1f1136f0e434b7862a361886 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -142,12 +142,7 @@ static inline int pgd_large(pgd_t pgd) { return 0; }
 
 /* Encode and de-code a swap entry */
 #define SWP_TYPE_BITS 5
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
-/* Automatic NUMA balancing needs to be distinguishable from swap entries */
-#define SWP_OFFSET_SHIFT (_PAGE_BIT_PROTNONE + 2)
-#else
 #define SWP_OFFSET_SHIFT (_PAGE_BIT_PROTNONE + 1)
-#endif
 
 #define MAX_SWAPFILES_CHECK() BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_SWAPFILES_SHIFT > SWP_TYPE_BITS)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index 3e0230c94cff1e945e965735b442ef336313e889..8c7c10802e9c68706c9b91f2c5223c968920486b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@
 #define _PAGE_BIT_SOFT_DIRTY	_PAGE_BIT_SOFTW3 /* software dirty tracking */
 #define _PAGE_BIT_NX           63       /* No execute: only valid after cpuid check */
 
-/*
- * Swap offsets on configurations that allow automatic NUMA balancing use the
- * bits after _PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL. To uniquely distinguish NUMA hinting PTEs from
- * swap entries, we use the first bit after _PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL and shrink the
- * maximum possible swap space from 16TB to 8TB.
- */
-#define _PAGE_BIT_NUMA		(_PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL+1)
-
 /* If _PAGE_BIT_PRESENT is clear, we use these: */
 /* - if the user mapped it with PROT_NONE; pte_present gives true */
 #define _PAGE_BIT_PROTNONE	_PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL
@@ -75,21 +67,6 @@
 #define _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY	(_AT(pteval_t, 0))
 #endif
 
-/*
- * _PAGE_NUMA distinguishes between a numa hinting minor fault and a page
- * that is not present. The hinting fault gathers numa placement statistics
- * (see pte_numa()). The bit is always zero when the PTE is not present.
- *
- * The bit picked must be always zero when the pmd is present and not
- * present, so that we don't lose information when we set it while
- * atomically clearing the present bit.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
-#define _PAGE_NUMA	(_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_NUMA)
-#else
-#define _PAGE_NUMA	(_AT(pteval_t, 0))
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Tracking soft dirty bit when a page goes to a swap is tricky.
  * We need a bit which can be stored in pte _and_ not conflict
@@ -122,8 +99,8 @@
 /* Set of bits not changed in pte_modify */
 #define _PAGE_CHG_MASK	(PTE_PFN_MASK | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT |		\
 			 _PAGE_SPECIAL | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY |	\
-			 _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY | _PAGE_NUMA)
-#define _HPAGE_CHG_MASK (_PAGE_CHG_MASK | _PAGE_PSE | _PAGE_NUMA)
+			 _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY)
+#define _HPAGE_CHG_MASK (_PAGE_CHG_MASK | _PAGE_PSE)
 
 /*
  * The cache modes defined here are used to translate between pure SW usage
@@ -324,20 +301,6 @@ static inline pteval_t pte_flags(pte_t pte)
 	return native_pte_val(pte) & PTE_FLAGS_MASK;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
-/* Set of bits that distinguishes present, prot_none and numa ptes */
-#define _PAGE_NUMA_MASK (_PAGE_NUMA|_PAGE_PROTNONE|_PAGE_PRESENT)
-static inline pteval_t ptenuma_flags(pte_t pte)
-{
-	return pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_NUMA_MASK;
-}
-
-static inline pmdval_t pmdnuma_flags(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	return pmd_flags(pmd) & _PAGE_NUMA_MASK;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
-
 #define pgprot_val(x)	((x).pgprot)
 #define __pgprot(x)	((pgprot_t) { (x) } )
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 067922c06c291977e684a1ea1d7f135f85ca0f65..4d46085c1b901c1bd4b0b2dde897cb7e515a2a6b 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -244,10 +244,6 @@ static inline int pmd_same(pmd_t pmd_a, pmd_t pmd_b)
 # define pte_accessible(mm, pte)	((void)(pte), 1)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef pte_present_nonuma
-#define pte_present_nonuma(pte) pte_present(pte)
-#endif
-
 #ifndef flush_tlb_fix_spurious_fault
 #define flush_tlb_fix_spurious_fault(vma, address) flush_tlb_page(vma, address)
 #endif
@@ -693,157 +689,6 @@ static inline int pmd_protnone(pmd_t pmd)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
-/*
- * _PAGE_NUMA distinguishes between an unmapped page table entry, an entry that
- * is protected for PROT_NONE and a NUMA hinting fault entry. If the
- * architecture defines __PAGE_PROTNONE then it should take that into account
- * but those that do not can rely on the fact that the NUMA hinting scanner
- * skips inaccessible VMAs.
- *
- * pte/pmd_present() returns true if pte/pmd_numa returns true. Page
- * fault triggers on those regions if pte/pmd_numa returns true
- * (because _PAGE_PRESENT is not set).
- */
-#ifndef pte_numa
-static inline int pte_numa(pte_t pte)
-{
-	return ptenuma_flags(pte) == _PAGE_NUMA;
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifndef pmd_numa
-static inline int pmd_numa(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	return pmdnuma_flags(pmd) == _PAGE_NUMA;
-}
-#endif
-
-/*
- * pte/pmd_mknuma sets the _PAGE_ACCESSED bitflag automatically
- * because they're called by the NUMA hinting minor page fault. If we
- * wouldn't set the _PAGE_ACCESSED bitflag here, the TLB miss handler
- * would be forced to set it later while filling the TLB after we
- * return to userland. That would trigger a second write to memory
- * that we optimize away by setting _PAGE_ACCESSED here.
- */
-#ifndef pte_mknonnuma
-static inline pte_t pte_mknonnuma(pte_t pte)
-{
-	pteval_t val = pte_val(pte);
-
-	val &= ~_PAGE_NUMA;
-	val |= (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_ACCESSED);
-	return __pte(val);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifndef pmd_mknonnuma
-static inline pmd_t pmd_mknonnuma(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	pmdval_t val = pmd_val(pmd);
-
-	val &= ~_PAGE_NUMA;
-	val |= (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_ACCESSED);
-
-	return __pmd(val);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifndef pte_mknuma
-static inline pte_t pte_mknuma(pte_t pte)
-{
-	pteval_t val = pte_val(pte);
-
-	VM_BUG_ON(!(val & _PAGE_PRESENT));
-
-	val &= ~_PAGE_PRESENT;
-	val |= _PAGE_NUMA;
-
-	return __pte(val);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifndef ptep_set_numa
-static inline void ptep_set_numa(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-				 pte_t *ptep)
-{
-	pte_t ptent = *ptep;
-
-	ptent = pte_mknuma(ptent);
-	set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, ptent);
-	return;
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifndef pmd_mknuma
-static inline pmd_t pmd_mknuma(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	pmdval_t val = pmd_val(pmd);
-
-	val &= ~_PAGE_PRESENT;
-	val |= _PAGE_NUMA;
-
-	return __pmd(val);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifndef pmdp_set_numa
-static inline void pmdp_set_numa(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-				 pmd_t *pmdp)
-{
-	pmd_t pmd = *pmdp;
-
-	pmd = pmd_mknuma(pmd);
-	set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmdp, pmd);
-	return;
-}
-#endif
-#else
-static inline int pmd_numa(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int pte_numa(pte_t pte)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline pte_t pte_mknonnuma(pte_t pte)
-{
-	return pte;
-}
-
-static inline pmd_t pmd_mknonnuma(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	return pmd;
-}
-
-static inline pte_t pte_mknuma(pte_t pte)
-{
-	return pte;
-}
-
-static inline void ptep_set_numa(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-				 pte_t *ptep)
-{
-	return;
-}
-
-
-static inline pmd_t pmd_mknuma(pmd_t pmd)
-{
-	return pmd;
-}
-
-static inline void pmdp_set_numa(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-				 pmd_t *pmdp)
-{
-	return ;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/swapops.h b/include/linux/swapops.h
index 831a3168ab35a6d985896186b74df1e5322d2c4f..cedf3d3c373f167681424772c4fe2255e17b73fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/swapops.h
+++ b/include/linux/swapops.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline pgoff_t swp_offset(swp_entry_t entry)
 /* check whether a pte points to a swap entry */
 static inline int is_swap_pte(pte_t pte)
 {
-	return !pte_none(pte) && !pte_present_nonuma(pte);
+	return !pte_none(pte) && !pte_present(pte);
 }
 #endif