diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 07eb61b2fb3a..66069e736842 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -93,13 +93,12 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	9	/* syscall auditing active */
 #define TIF_SECCOMP		10	/* secure computing */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT	11	/* syscall tracepoint instrumentation */
-#define TIF_USEDFPU		16	/* FPU was used by this task this quantum (SMP) */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	17	/* true if poll_idle() is polling 
+#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling
 					   TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_31BIT		18	/* 32bit process */ 
-#define TIF_MEMDIE		19
-#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	20	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
-#define TIF_FREEZE		21	/* thread is freezing for suspend */
+#define TIF_31BIT		17	/* 32bit process */
+#define TIF_MEMDIE		18
+#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	19	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
+#define TIF_FREEZE		20	/* thread is freezing for suspend */
 
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	(1<<TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
 #define _TIF_SECCOMP		(1<<TIF_SECCOMP)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
-#define _TIF_USEDFPU		(1<<TIF_USEDFPU)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_31BIT		(1<<TIF_31BIT)
 #define _TIF_FREEZE		(1<<TIF_FREEZE)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/process.c b/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
index b98fe8e6e507..00b6d1d292f2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ void exit_thread(void)
 
 void flush_thread(void)
 {
-	clear_used_math();
-	clear_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_USEDFPU);
 }
 
 void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 0663287fa1b3..2148ad3d490d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -124,12 +124,6 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
          */
 	get_cpu_id(&S390_lowcore.cpu_id);
 
-        /*
-         * Force FPU initialization:
-         */
-        clear_thread_flag(TIF_USEDFPU);
-        clear_used_math();
-
 	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
 	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
 	BUG_ON(current->mm);