diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index b4ae6058902a..4bec4b0b6ce1 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ config ARC
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !ISA_ARCV2 || !(ARC_HAS_LL64 && ARC_HAS_LLSC)
-	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 	# for now, we don't need GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE, CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index c4207cf9bb17..517d26c8002d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ config ARM64
 	select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
 	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
 	select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
-	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 	select GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_IPI
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 0215dc1529e9..00951bfdbab0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ config MIPS
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
 	select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
 	select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
-	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 2a5bb4f29cfe..4f80f1c95468 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ config S390
 	select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
 	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
 	select GENERIC_ENTRY
-	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	select GENERIC_PTDUMP
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 5c2ccb85f2ef..60484b39257c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ config X86
 	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
 	select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
 	select GENERIC_ENTRY
-	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK	if SMP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_MATRIX_ALLOCATOR	if X86_LOCAL_APIC
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
index 95d26a69088b..40d6a06e41c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ endmenu
 
 config UML_X86
 	def_bool y
-	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 
 config 64BIT
 	bool "64-bit kernel" if "$(SUBARCH)" = "x86"
diff --git a/include/linux/find.h b/include/linux/find.h
index c5410c243e04..ea57f7f38c49 100644
--- a/include/linux/find.h
+++ b/include/linux/find.h
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size,
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
-
 #ifndef find_first_bit
 /**
  * find_first_bit - find the first set bit in a memory region
@@ -147,17 +145,6 @@ unsigned long find_first_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
 }
 #endif
 
-#else /* CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT */
-
-#ifndef find_first_bit
-#define find_first_bit(addr, size) find_next_bit((addr), (size), 0)
-#endif
-#ifndef find_first_zero_bit
-#define find_first_zero_bit(addr, size) find_next_zero_bit((addr), (size), 0)
-#endif
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT */
-
 #ifndef find_last_bit
 /**
  * find_last_bit - find the last set bit in a memory region
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 5e7165e6a346..6a6ae5312fa0 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ config GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 config GENERIC_NET_UTILS
 	bool
 
-config GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
-	bool
-
 source "lib/math/Kconfig"
 
 config NO_GENERIC_PCI_IOPORT_MAP