diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/headsmp-a9.S b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/headsmp-a9.S
index 48e4c4b3cd1c..b093a196e801 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/headsmp-a9.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/headsmp-a9.S
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
 
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
 
-	__CPUINIT
-
 ENTRY(mvebu_cortex_a9_secondary_startup)
 ARM_BE8(setend	be)
 	bl	armada_38x_scu_power_up
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/platsmp-a9.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/platsmp-a9.c
index df0a9cc5da59..3d5000481c11 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/platsmp-a9.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/platsmp-a9.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 extern void mvebu_cortex_a9_secondary_startup(void);
 
-static int __cpuinit mvebu_cortex_a9_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu,
+static int mvebu_cortex_a9_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu,
 						    struct task_struct *idle)
 {
 	int ret, hw_cpu;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/platsmp.c
index 2e6ab67e2284..8fcec1cc101e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/platsmp.c
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ static int pmu_set_power_domain(int pd, bool on)
  * Handling of CPU cores
  */
 
-static int __cpuinit rockchip_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu,
-					     struct task_struct *idle)
+static int rockchip_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 {
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 21b6d768edd7..7c68c36d3fd8 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -91,14 +91,6 @@
 
 #define __exit          __section(.exit.text) __exitused __cold notrace
 
-/* temporary, until all users are removed */
-#define __cpuinit
-#define __cpuinitdata
-#define __cpuinitconst
-#define __cpuexit
-#define __cpuexitdata
-#define __cpuexitconst
-
 /* Used for MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 #define __meminit        __section(.meminit.text) __cold notrace
 #define __meminitdata    __section(.meminit.data)
@@ -116,9 +108,6 @@
 #define __INITRODATA	.section	".init.rodata","a",%progbits
 #define __FINITDATA	.previous
 
-/* temporary, until all users are removed */
-#define __CPUINIT
-
 #define __MEMINIT        .section	".meminit.text", "ax"
 #define __MEMINITDATA    .section	".meminit.data", "aw"
 #define __MEMINITRODATA  .section	".meminit.rodata", "a"
diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index cdb491d84503..c0a932dff329 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ exuberant()
 {
 	all_target_sources | xargs $1 -a                        \
 	-I __initdata,__exitdata,__initconst,			\
-	-I __cpuinitdata,__initdata_memblock			\
+	-I __initdata_memblock					\
 	-I __refdata,__attribute,__maybe_unused,__always_unused \
 	-I __acquires,__releases,__deprecated			\
 	-I __read_mostly,__aligned,____cacheline_aligned        \