diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/vpe.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/vpe.h
index c6e1b961537d..0880fe8809b1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/vpe.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/vpe.h
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ struct vpe_notifications {
 extern int vpe_notify(int index, struct vpe_notifications *notify);
 
 extern void *vpe_get_shared(int index);
-extern int vpe_getuid(int index);
-extern int vpe_getgid(int index);
 extern char *vpe_getcwd(int index);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_VPE_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
index 59b2b3cd7885..2d5c142bad67 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ struct vpe {
 	unsigned long len;
 	char *pbuffer;
 	unsigned long plen;
-	unsigned int uid, gid;
 	char cwd[VPE_PATH_MAX];
 
 	unsigned long __start;
@@ -1083,9 +1082,6 @@ static int vpe_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	v->load_addr = NULL;
 	v->len = 0;
 
-	v->uid = filp->f_cred->fsuid;
-	v->gid = filp->f_cred->fsgid;
-
 	v->cwd[0] = 0;
 	ret = getcwd(v->cwd, VPE_PATH_MAX);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -1269,30 +1265,6 @@ void *vpe_get_shared(int index)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vpe_get_shared);
 
-int vpe_getuid(int index)
-{
-	struct vpe *v;
-
-	if ((v = get_vpe(index)) == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	return v->uid;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vpe_getuid);
-
-int vpe_getgid(int index)
-{
-	struct vpe *v;
-
-	if ((v = get_vpe(index)) == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	return v->gid;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vpe_getgid);
-
 int vpe_notify(int index, struct vpe_notifications *notify)
 {
 	struct vpe *v;
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index fb616942e4c7..833099bf8090 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ struct posix_acl_entry {
 	union {
 		kuid_t		e_uid;
 		kgid_t		e_gid;
-#ifndef CONFIG_UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS
-		unsigned int	e_id;
-#endif
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/projid.h b/include/linux/projid.h
index 36517b95be5c..8c1f2c55226d 100644
--- a/include/linux/projid.h
+++ b/include/linux/projid.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
 
 typedef __kernel_uid32_t projid_t;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS
-
 typedef struct {
 	projid_t val;
 } kprojid_t;
@@ -31,19 +29,6 @@ static inline projid_t __kprojid_val(kprojid_t projid)
 
 #define KPROJIDT_INIT(value) (kprojid_t){ value }
 
-#else
-
-typedef projid_t kprojid_t;
-
-static inline projid_t __kprojid_val(kprojid_t projid)
-{
-	return projid;
-}
-
-#define KPROJIDT_INIT(value) ((kprojid_t) value )
-
-#endif
-
 #define INVALID_PROJID KPROJIDT_INIT(-1)
 #define OVERFLOW_PROJID 65534
 
diff --git a/include/linux/uidgid.h b/include/linux/uidgid.h
index 8e522cbcef29..2d1f9b627f91 100644
--- a/include/linux/uidgid.h
+++ b/include/linux/uidgid.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 struct user_namespace;
 extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS
-
 typedef struct {
 	uid_t val;
 } kuid_t;
@@ -41,26 +39,6 @@ static inline gid_t __kgid_val(kgid_t gid)
 	return gid.val;
 }
 
-#else
-
-typedef uid_t kuid_t;
-typedef gid_t kgid_t;
-
-static inline uid_t __kuid_val(kuid_t uid)
-{
-	return uid;
-}
-
-static inline gid_t __kgid_val(kgid_t gid)
-{
-	return gid;
-}
-
-#define KUIDT_INIT(value) ((kuid_t) value )
-#define KGIDT_INIT(value) ((kgid_t) value )
-
-#endif
-
 #define GLOBAL_ROOT_UID KUIDT_INIT(0)
 #define GLOBAL_ROOT_GID KGIDT_INIT(0)
 
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8d402e33b7fc..34a0a3bf2390 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1116,8 +1116,6 @@ config IPC_NS
 
 config USER_NS
 	bool "User namespace"
-	select UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS
-
 	default n
 	help
 	  This allows containers, i.e. vservers, to use user namespaces
@@ -1149,15 +1147,6 @@ config NET_NS
 
 endif # NAMESPACES
 
-config UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS
-	bool "Require conversions between uid/gids and their internal representation"
-	default n
-	help
-	 While the nececessary conversions are being added to all subsystems this option allows
-	 the code to continue to build for unconverted subsystems.
-
-	 Say Y here if you want the strict type checking enabled
-
 config SCHED_AUTOGROUP
 	bool "Automatic process group scheduling"
 	select CGROUPS