diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index 98a1ff23c34a..8f1fd017679b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -434,24 +434,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED
 
 	  Generally say N here.
 
-config IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO
-	bool "Use PCI DMA by default when available"
-	---help---
-	  Prior to kernel version 2.1.112, Linux used to automatically use
-	  DMA for IDE drives and chipsets which support it. Due to concerns
-	  about a couple of cases where buggy hardware may have caused damage,
-	  the default is now to NOT use DMA automatically. To revert to the
-	  previous behaviour, say Y to this question.
-
-	  If you suspect your hardware is at all flakey, say N here.
-	  Do NOT email the IDE kernel people regarding this issue!
-
-	  It is normally safe to answer Y to this question unless your
-	  motherboard uses a VIA VP2 chipset, in which case you should say N.
-
 config IDEDMA_ONLYDISK
 	bool "Enable DMA only for disks "
-	depends on IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO
 	help
 	  This is used if you know your ATAPI Devices are going to fail DMA
 	  Transfers.
@@ -851,19 +835,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_ICS
 	  Say Y here if you want to add DMA (Direct Memory Access) support to
 	  the ICS IDE driver.
 
-config IDEDMA_ICS_AUTO
-	bool "Use ICS DMA by default"
-	depends on BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_ICS
-	help
-	  Prior to kernel version 2.1.112, Linux used to automatically use
-	  DMA for IDE drives and chipsets which support it. Due to concerns
-	  about a couple of cases where buggy hardware may have caused damage,
-	  the default is now to NOT use DMA automatically. To revert to the
-	  previous behaviour, say Y to this question.
-
-	  If you suspect your hardware is at all flakey, say N here.
-	  Do NOT email the IDE kernel people regarding this issue!
-
 config BLK_DEV_IDE_RAPIDE
 	tristate "RapIDE interface support"
 	depends on ARM && ARCH_ACORN
@@ -1086,9 +1057,6 @@ config IDEDMA_IVB
 
 	  It is normally safe to answer Y; however, the default is N.
 
-config IDEDMA_AUTO
-	def_bool IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO || IDEDMA_ICS_AUTO
-
 endif
 
 config BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c b/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
index 40e5c66b81ce..e2953fc1fafb 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
@@ -196,11 +196,6 @@ static void icside_maskproc(ide_drive_t *drive, int mask)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_ICS
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_IDEDMA_ICS_AUTO
-#warning CONFIG_IDEDMA_ICS_AUTO=n support is obsolete, and will be removed soon.
-#endif
-
 /*
  * SG-DMA support.
  *
@@ -474,12 +469,6 @@ static int icside_dma_lostirq(ide_drive_t *drive)
 
 static void icside_dma_init(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
-	int autodma = 0;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_IDEDMA_ICS_AUTO
-	autodma = 1;
-#endif
-
 	printk("    %s: SG-DMA", hwif->name);
 
 	hwif->atapi_dma		= 1;
@@ -489,7 +478,7 @@ static void icside_dma_init(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	hwif->dmatable_cpu	= NULL;
 	hwif->dmatable_dma	= 0;
 	hwif->speedproc		= icside_set_speed;
-	hwif->autodma		= autodma;
+	hwif->autodma		= 1;
 
 	hwif->ide_dma_check	= icside_dma_check;
 	hwif->dma_host_off	= icside_dma_host_off;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index dfbd74458522..695610f0e3e4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -177,11 +177,7 @@ DECLARE_MUTEX(ide_cfg_sem);
 static int ide_scan_direction; /* THIS was formerly 2.2.x pci=reverse */
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO
 int noautodma = 0;
-#else
-int noautodma = 1;
-#endif
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(noautodma);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c b/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
index a52c80fe7d3e..118fb3205ca8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
@@ -505,11 +505,6 @@ static void ide_hwif_setup_dma(struct pci_dev *dev, ide_pci_device_t *d, ide_hwi
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO
-#warning CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=n support is obsolete, and will be removed soon.
-#endif
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI*/
 
 /**