diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/cell_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/cell_defconfig
index 2950aa97878b..e4229603eb85 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/cell_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/cell_defconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CONFIG_ALTIVEC=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=4
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/g5_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/g5_defconfig
index 6e957e98b108..7d225ccd986f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/g5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/g5_defconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=4
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/maple_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/maple_defconfig
index 0ebd376d8829..078cdb427fc9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/maple_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/maple_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=4
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pasemi_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pasemi_defconfig
index 2168d76764e9..e8fd46f5d923 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pasemi_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pasemi_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_ALTIVEC=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
index 28de9139e914..7aa095a0bec6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2048
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index c97fcbded986..f00e08b2857d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_PPC64=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64e_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64e_defconfig
index 7f34b3546092..1f5e0b107083 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64e_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64e_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E_64=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_TASKSTATS=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
index 240f39670794..378382683180 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 75707d669afc..e89bbd133aaf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2048
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
-CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG=y