diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pci.h
index b9ec55351924..cf6bc1e64d66 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ struct pci_controller {
 
 /* IOMMU controls.  */
 
-/* The PCI address space does not equal the physical memory address space.
-   The networking and block device layers use this boolean for bounce buffer
-   decisions.  */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS  0
-
 /* TODO: integrate with include/asm-generic/pci.h ? */
 static inline int pci_get_legacy_ide_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, int channel)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pci.h
index ba56c23c1b20..4ff53c041c64 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 #define PCIBIOS_MIN_MEM 0x100000
 
 #define pcibios_assign_all_busses()	1
-/*
- * The PCI address space does equal the physical memory address space.
- * The networking and block device layers use this boolean for bounce
- * buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	1
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pci.h
index 1f0de808d111..0abd389cf0ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ static inline int pci_proc_domain(struct pci_bus *bus)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PCI_DOMAINS */
 
-/*
- * The PCI address space does equal the physical memory address space.
- * The networking and block device layers use this boolean for bounce
- * buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS     (1)
-
 #define HAVE_PCI_MMAP
 #define ARCH_GENERIC_PCI_MMAP_RESOURCE
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pci.h
index 8747f7c5e0e7..9e690686e8aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 #define pcibios_assign_all_busses() \
 	(pci_has_flag(PCI_REASSIGN_ALL_BUS))
 
-/*
- * PCI address space differs from physical memory address space
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(0)
-
 #define ARCH_GENERIC_PCI_MMAP_RESOURCE	1
 
 extern int isa_dma_bridge_buggy;
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/pci.h
index 7c9e55d62215..d4d345a52092 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@ static inline void pcibios_penalize_isa_irq(int irq, int active)
 	/* We don't do dynamic PCI IRQ allocation */
 }
 
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(1)
-
 #endif /* _ASM_H8300_PCI_H */
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/dma.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/dma.c
index ad8347c29dcf..77459df34e2e 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/dma.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/dma.c
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ const struct dma_map_ops hexagon_dma_ops = {
 	.sync_single_for_cpu = hexagon_sync_single_for_cpu,
 	.sync_single_for_device = hexagon_sync_single_for_device,
 	.mapping_error	= hexagon_mapping_error,
-	.is_phys	= 1,
 };
 
 void __init hexagon_dma_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c b/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
index aec4a3354abe..6f05aba9012f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
@@ -1845,9 +1845,6 @@ static void ioc_init(unsigned long hpa, struct ioc *ioc)
 	ioc_resource_init(ioc);
 	ioc_sac_init(ioc);
 
-	if ((long) ~iovp_mask > (long) ia64_max_iommu_merge_mask)
-		ia64_max_iommu_merge_mask = ~iovp_mask;
-
 	printk(KERN_INFO PFX
 		"%s %d.%d HPA 0x%lx IOVA space %dMb at 0x%lx\n",
 		ioc->name, (ioc->rev >> 4) & 0xF, ioc->rev & 0xF,
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
index b1d04e8bafc8..780e8744ba85 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -30,23 +30,6 @@ struct pci_vector_struct {
 #define PCIBIOS_MIN_IO		0x1000
 #define PCIBIOS_MIN_MEM		0x10000000
 
-/*
- * PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS should be set to 1 if there is _necessarily_ a direct
- * correspondence between device bus addresses and CPU physical addresses.
- * Platforms with a hardware I/O MMU _must_ turn this off to suppress the
- * bounce buffer handling code in the block and network device layers.
- * Platforms with separate bus address spaces _must_ turn this off and provide
- * a device DMA mapping implementation that takes care of the necessary
- * address translation.
- *
- * For now, the ia64 platforms which may have separate/multiple bus address
- * spaces all have I/O MMUs which support the merging of physically
- * discontiguous buffers, so we can use that as the sole factor to determine
- * the setting of PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS.
- */
-extern unsigned long ia64_max_iommu_merge_mask;
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(ia64_max_iommu_merge_mask == ~0UL)
-
 #define HAVE_PCI_MMAP
 #define ARCH_GENERIC_PCI_MMAP_RESOURCE
 #define arch_can_pci_mmap_wc()	1
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index dee56bcb993d..ad43cbf70628 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -123,18 +123,6 @@ unsigned long ia64_i_cache_stride_shift = ~0;
 #define	CACHE_STRIDE_SHIFT	5
 unsigned long ia64_cache_stride_shift = ~0;
 
-/*
- * The merge_mask variable needs to be set to (max(iommu_page_size(iommu)) - 1).  This
- * mask specifies a mask of address bits that must be 0 in order for two buffers to be
- * mergeable by the I/O MMU (i.e., the end address of the first buffer and the start
- * address of the second buffer must be aligned to (merge_mask+1) in order to be
- * mergeable).  By default, we assume there is no I/O MMU which can merge physically
- * discontiguous buffers, so we set the merge_mask to ~0UL, which corresponds to a iommu
- * page-size of 2^64.
- */
-unsigned long ia64_max_iommu_merge_mask = ~0UL;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ia64_max_iommu_merge_mask);
-
 /*
  * We use a special marker for the end of memory and it uses the extra (+1) slot
  */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c
index 11f2275570fb..8479e9a7ce16 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c
@@ -480,11 +480,6 @@ sn_io_early_init(void)
 	tioca_init_provider();
 	tioce_init_provider();
 
-	/*
-	 * This is needed to avoid bounce limit checks in the blk layer
-	 */
-	ia64_max_iommu_merge_mask = ~PAGE_MASK;
-
 	sn_irq_lh_init();
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sn_sysdata_list);
 	sn_init_cpei_timer();
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pci.h
index ef26fae8cf0b..5a4bc223743b 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <asm-generic/pci.h>
 
-/* The PCI address space does equal the physical memory
- * address space.  The networking and block device layers use
- * this boolean for bounce buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(1)
-
 #define	pcibios_assign_all_busses()	1
 
 #define	PCIBIOS_MIN_IO		0x00000100
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pci.h
index 5de871eb4a59..00337861472e 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ extern int pci_mmap_legacy_page_range(struct pci_bus *bus,
 
 #define HAVE_PCI_LEGACY	1
 
-/* The PCI address space does equal the physical memory
- * address space (no IOMMU).  The IDE and SCSI device layers use
- * this boolean for bounce buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS     (1)
-
 extern void pcibios_claim_one_bus(struct pci_bus *b);
 
 extern void pcibios_finish_adding_to_bus(struct pci_bus *bus);
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pci.h
index 2339f42f047a..436099883022 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -121,13 +121,6 @@ extern unsigned long PCIBIOS_MIN_MEM;
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
-/*
- * The PCI address space does equal the physical memory address space.
- * The networking and block device layers use this boolean for bounce
- * buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS     (1)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_DOMAINS_GENERIC
 static inline int pci_proc_domain(struct pci_bus *bus)
 {
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pci.h
index 96b7deec512d..3328fd17c19d 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -87,29 +87,6 @@ struct pci_hba_data {
 #define PCI_F_EXTEND		0UL
 #endif /* !CONFIG_64BIT */
 
-/*
- * If the PCI device's view of memory is the same as the CPU's view of memory,
- * PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS is true.  The networking and block device layers use
- * this boolean for bounce buffer decisions.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PA20
-/* All PA-2.0 machines have an IOMMU. */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	0
-#define parisc_has_iommu()	do { } while (0)
-#else
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_IOMMU_CCIO) || defined(CONFIG_IOMMU_SBA)
-extern int parisc_bus_is_phys; 	/* in arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	parisc_bus_is_phys
-#define parisc_has_iommu()	do { parisc_bus_is_phys = 0; } while (0)
-#else
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	1
-#define parisc_has_iommu()	do { } while (0)
-#endif
-
-#endif	/* !CONFIG_PA20 */
-
-
 /*
 ** Most PCI devices (eg Tulip, NCR720) also export the same registers
 ** to both MMIO and I/O port space.  Due to poor performance of I/O Port
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
index 0e9675f857a5..8d3a7b80ac42 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ struct proc_dir_entry * proc_runway_root __read_mostly = NULL;
 struct proc_dir_entry * proc_gsc_root __read_mostly = NULL;
 struct proc_dir_entry * proc_mckinley_root __read_mostly = NULL;
 
-#if !defined(CONFIG_PA20) && (defined(CONFIG_IOMMU_CCIO) || defined(CONFIG_IOMMU_SBA))
-int parisc_bus_is_phys __read_mostly = 1;	/* Assume no IOMMU is present */
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(parisc_bus_is_phys);
-#endif
-
 void __init setup_cmdline(char **cmdline_p)
 {
 	extern unsigned int boot_args[];
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h
index 401c62aad5e4..2af9ded80540 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -92,24 +92,6 @@ extern int pci_mmap_legacy_page_range(struct pci_bus *bus,
 
 #define HAVE_PCI_LEGACY	1
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-
-/* The PCI address space does not equal the physical memory address
- * space (we have an IOMMU).  The IDE and SCSI device layers use
- * this boolean for bounce buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(0)
-
-#else /* 32-bit */
-
-/* The PCI address space does equal the physical memory
- * address space (no IOMMU).  The IDE and SCSI device layers use
- * this boolean for bounce buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS     (1)
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
-
 extern void pcibios_claim_one_bus(struct pci_bus *b);
 
 extern void pcibios_finish_adding_to_bus(struct pci_bus *bus);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pci.h
index 0f2fc9ef20fc..b3638c505728 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 /* RISC-V shim does not initialize PCI bus */
 #define pcibios_assign_all_busses() 1
 
-/* We do not have an IOMMU */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS 1
-
 extern int isa_dma_bridge_buggy;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
index 12fe3591034f..94f8db468c9b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_S390_PCI_H
 #define __ASM_S390_PCI_H
 
-/* must be set before including asm-generic/pci.h */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS (0)
 /* must be set before including pci_clp.h */
 #define PCI_BAR_COUNT	6
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/pci/pci_dma.c b/arch/s390/pci/pci_dma.c
index 2d15d84c20ed..10abf5ed6187 100644
--- a/arch/s390/pci/pci_dma.c
+++ b/arch/s390/pci/pci_dma.c
@@ -685,8 +685,6 @@ const struct dma_map_ops s390_pci_dma_ops = {
 	.map_page	= s390_dma_map_pages,
 	.unmap_page	= s390_dma_unmap_pages,
 	.mapping_error	= s390_mapping_error,
-	/* if we support direct DMA this must be conditional */
-	.is_phys	= 0,
 	/* dma_supported is unconditionally true without a callback */
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(s390_pci_dma_ops);
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pci.h
index 0033f0df2b3b..10a36b1cf2ea 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ extern unsigned long PCIBIOS_MIN_IO, PCIBIOS_MIN_MEM;
  * SuperH has everything mapped statically like x86.
  */
 
-/* The PCI address space does equal the physical memory
- * address space.  The networking and block device layers use
- * this boolean for bounce buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(dma_ops->is_phys)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 /*
  * None of the SH PCI controllers support MWI, it is always treated as a
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/dma-nommu.c b/arch/sh/kernel/dma-nommu.c
index 178457d7620c..3e3a32fc676e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/dma-nommu.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/dma-nommu.c
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ const struct dma_map_ops nommu_dma_ops = {
 	.sync_single_for_device	= nommu_sync_single_for_device,
 	.sync_sg_for_device	= nommu_sync_sg_for_device,
 #endif
-	.is_phys		= 1,
 };
 
 void __init no_iommu_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pci_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pci_32.h
index 98917e48727d..cfc0ee9476c6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pci_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pci_32.h
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 
 #define PCI_IRQ_NONE		0xffffffff
 
-/* Dynamic DMA mapping stuff.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(0)
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_LEON_PCI
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pci_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pci_64.h
index 671274e36cfa..fac77813402c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pci_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pci_64.h
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
 
 #define PCI_IRQ_NONE		0xffffffff
 
-/* The PCI address space does not equal the physical memory
- * address space.  The networking and block device layers use
- * this boolean for bounce buffer decisions.
- */
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(0)
-
 /* PCI IOMMU mapping bypass support. */
 
 /* PCI 64-bit addressing works for all slots on all controller
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h
index d32175e30259..662963681ea6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ void native_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev);
 #define native_setup_msi_irqs		NULL
 #define native_teardown_msi_irq		NULL
 #endif
-
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS (dma_ops->is_phys)
-
 #endif  /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pci.h
index d5a82153a7c5..6ddf0a30c60d 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ extern struct pci_controller* pcibios_alloc_controller(void);
  * decisions.
  */
 
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(1)
-
 /* Tell PCI code what kind of PCI resource mappings we support */
 #define HAVE_PCI_MMAP			1
 #define ARCH_GENERIC_PCI_MMAP_RESOURCE	1
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c b/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
index acba1f56af3e..2b129d8525d5 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
@@ -1596,8 +1596,6 @@ static int __init ccio_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)
 	}
 #endif
 	ioc_count++;
-
-	parisc_has_iommu();
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c b/drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c
index 0a9c762a70fa..a58c586ebd81 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c
@@ -2017,8 +2017,6 @@ static int __init sba_driver_callback(struct parisc_device *dev)
 	proc_create("sba_iommu", 0, root, &sba_proc_fops);
 	proc_create("sba_iommu-bitmap", 0, root, &sba_proc_bitmap_fops);
 #endif
-
-	parisc_has_iommu();
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pci.h b/include/asm-generic/pci.h
index 830d7659289b..6bb3cd3d695a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pci.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pci.h
@@ -14,12 +14,4 @@ static inline int pci_get_legacy_ide_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, int channel)
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_ARCH_PCI_GET_LEGACY_IDE_IRQ */
 
-/*
- * By default, assume that no iommu is in use and that the PCI
- * space is mapped to address physical 0.
- */
-#ifndef PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS	(1)
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_PCI_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index f8ab1c0f589e..a6d4ac8b81e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ struct dma_map_ops {
 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_DMA_GET_REQUIRED_MASK
 	u64 (*get_required_mask)(struct device *dev);
 #endif
-	int is_phys;
 };
 
 extern const struct dma_map_ops dma_direct_ops;
diff --git a/lib/dma-direct.c b/lib/dma-direct.c
index 970d39155618..df9e726e0712 100644
--- a/lib/dma-direct.c
+++ b/lib/dma-direct.c
@@ -187,6 +187,5 @@ const struct dma_map_ops dma_direct_ops = {
 	.map_sg			= dma_direct_map_sg,
 	.dma_supported		= dma_direct_supported,
 	.mapping_error		= dma_direct_mapping_error,
-	.is_phys		= 1,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_direct_ops);
diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/dma-mapping.h b/tools/virtio/linux/dma-mapping.h
index 1571e24e9494..f91aeb5fe571 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 # error Virtio userspace code does not support CONFIG_HAS_DMA
 #endif
 
-#define PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS 1
-
 enum dma_data_direction {
 	DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL = 0,
 	DMA_TO_DEVICE = 1,