diff --git a/arch/tile/configs/tilegx_defconfig b/arch/tile/configs/tilegx_defconfig
index 8c5eff6d6df5..47684815e5c8 100644
--- a/arch/tile/configs/tilegx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/configs/tilegx_defconfig
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m
 CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m
 CONFIG_MD_RAID10=m
 CONFIG_MD_RAID456=m
-CONFIG_MULTICORE_RAID456=y
 CONFIG_MD_FAULTY=m
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=m
 CONFIG_DM_DEBUG=y
diff --git a/arch/tile/configs/tilepro_defconfig b/arch/tile/configs/tilepro_defconfig
index e7a3dfcbcda7..dd2b8f0c631f 100644
--- a/arch/tile/configs/tilepro_defconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/configs/tilepro_defconfig
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m
 CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m
 CONFIG_MD_RAID10=m
 CONFIG_MD_RAID456=m
-CONFIG_MULTICORE_RAID456=y
 CONFIG_MD_FAULTY=m
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=m
 CONFIG_DM_DEBUG=y
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
index 050a334e89c1..b0b663b119a8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
@@ -221,10 +221,6 @@ struct stripe_head {
 	struct stripe_operations {
 		int 		     target, target2;
 		enum sum_check_flags zero_sum_result;
-		#ifdef CONFIG_MULTICORE_RAID456
-		unsigned long	     request;
-		wait_queue_head_t    wait_for_ops;
-		#endif
 	} ops;
 	struct r5dev {
 		/* rreq and rvec are used for the replacement device when