diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index daafcf121ce0..ad5841856007 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ retry:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	/*
-	 * Handle the "normal" case first - VM_FAULT_MAJOR / VM_FAULT_MINOR
+	 * Handle the "normal" case first - VM_FAULT_MAJOR
 	 */
 	if (likely(!(fault & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_BADMAP | VM_FAULT_BADACCESS))))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index abe2a9542b3a..97135b61b32a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ retry:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	/*
-	 * Handle the "normal" case first - VM_FAULT_MAJOR / VM_FAULT_MINOR
+	 * Handle the "normal" case first - VM_FAULT_MAJOR
 	 */
 	if (likely(!(fault & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_BADMAP |
 			      VM_FAULT_BADACCESS))))
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c b/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
index afccef5529cc..2ec3d3adcefc 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ retry:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	/*
-	 * Handle the "normal" case first - VM_FAULT_MAJOR / VM_FAULT_MINOR
+	 * Handle the "normal" case first - VM_FAULT_MAJOR
 	 */
 	if (likely(!(fault &
 	       (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_BADMAP | VM_FAULT_BADACCESS))))
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
index c9784c1b18d8..7f4a1fdb1502 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ good_area:
 	perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, regs, address);
 	if (flags & VM_FAULT_MAJOR)
 		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, regs, address);
-	else if (flags & VM_FAULT_MINOR)
+	else
 		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, regs, address);
 
 	return;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 997fc2e5d9d8..7d42501c8bb4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1052,8 +1052,6 @@ static inline void clear_page_pfmemalloc(struct page *page)
  * just gets major/minor fault counters bumped up.
  */
 
-#define VM_FAULT_MINOR	0 /* For backwards compat. Remove me quickly. */
-
 #define VM_FAULT_OOM	0x0001
 #define VM_FAULT_SIGBUS	0x0002
 #define VM_FAULT_MAJOR	0x0004