diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index dc663c0ca670..eca370e99844 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -410,10 +410,6 @@
 			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
 			Change the amount of debugging information output
 			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
-			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
-			driver name.
-			Format: apic=driver_name
-			Examples: apic=bigsmp
 
 	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86,EARLY] External NMI delivery setting
 			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 9d7bd0ae48c4..42494739344d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -526,12 +526,6 @@ config X86_FRED
 	  ring transitions and exception/interrupt handling if the
 	  system supports it.
 
-config X86_BIGSMP
-	bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
-	depends on SMP && X86_32
-	help
-	  This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs.
-
 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
 	bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
 	default y
@@ -730,8 +724,8 @@ config X86_32_NON_STANDARD
 	depends on X86_32 && SMP
 	depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
 	help
-	  This option compiles in the bigsmp and STA2X11 default
-	  subarchitectures.  It is intended for a generic binary
+	  This option compiles in the STA2X11 default
+	  subarchitecture.  It is intended for a generic binary
 	  kernel. If you select them all, kernel will probe it one by
 	  one and will fallback to default.
 
@@ -1008,8 +1002,7 @@ config NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN
 config NR_CPUS_RANGE_END
 	int
 	depends on X86_32
-	default   64 if  SMP &&  X86_BIGSMP
-	default    8 if  SMP && !X86_BIGSMP
+	default    8 if  SMP
 	default    1 if !SMP
 
 config NR_CPUS_RANGE_END
@@ -1022,7 +1015,6 @@ config NR_CPUS_RANGE_END
 config NR_CPUS_DEFAULT
 	int
 	depends on X86_32
-	default   32 if  X86_BIGSMP
 	default    8 if  SMP
 	default    1 if !SMP
 
@@ -1568,8 +1560,7 @@ config AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT
 config NUMA
 	bool "NUMA Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
 	depends on SMP
-	depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && X86_BIGSMP)
-	default y if X86_BIGSMP
+	depends on X86_64
 	select USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
 	select OF_NUMA if OF
 	help
@@ -1582,9 +1573,6 @@ config NUMA
 	  For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
 	  (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
 
-	  For 32-bit this is only needed if you boot a 32-bit
-	  kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
-
 	  Otherwise, you should say N.
 
 config AMD_NUMA
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
index 3bf0487cf3b7..52d1808ee360 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
@@ -23,8 +23,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_X86_X2APIC)	+= x2apic_cluster.o
 obj-y				+= apic_flat_64.o
 endif
 
-# APIC probe will depend on the listing order here
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP)	+= bigsmp_32.o
-
 # For 32bit, probe_32 need to be listed last
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC)	+= probe_$(BITS).o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index c5fb28e6451a..cb453bacf281 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1371,8 +1371,6 @@ void __init apic_intr_mode_init(void)
 
 	x86_64_probe_apic();
 
-	x86_32_install_bigsmp();
-
 	if (x86_platform.apic_post_init)
 		x86_platform.apic_post_init();
 
@@ -1674,7 +1672,6 @@ static __init void apic_read_boot_cpu_id(bool x2apic)
 		boot_cpu_apic_version = GET_APIC_VERSION(apic_read(APIC_LVR));
 	}
 	topology_register_boot_apic(boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
-	x86_32_probe_bigsmp_early();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9285d500d5b4..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/*
- * APIC driver for "bigsmp" xAPIC machines with more than 8 virtual CPUs.
- *
- * Drives the local APIC in "clustered mode".
- */
-#include <linux/cpumask.h>
-#include <linux/dmi.h>
-#include <linux/smp.h>
-
-#include <asm/apic.h>
-#include <asm/io_apic.h>
-
-#include "local.h"
-
-static u32 bigsmp_get_apic_id(u32 x)
-{
-	return (x >> 24) & 0xFF;
-}
-
-static void bigsmp_send_IPI_allbutself(int vector)
-{
-	default_send_IPI_mask_allbutself_phys(cpu_online_mask, vector);
-}
-
-static void bigsmp_send_IPI_all(int vector)
-{
-	default_send_IPI_mask_sequence_phys(cpu_online_mask, vector);
-}
-
-static int dmi_bigsmp; /* can be set by dmi scanners */
-
-static int hp_ht_bigsmp(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
-{
-	printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s detected: force use of apic=bigsmp\n", d->ident);
-	dmi_bigsmp = 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
-static const struct dmi_system_id bigsmp_dmi_table[] = {
-	{ hp_ht_bigsmp, "HP ProLiant DL760 G2",
-		{	DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, "HP"),
-			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "P44-"),
-		}
-	},
-
-	{ hp_ht_bigsmp, "HP ProLiant DL740",
-		{	DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, "HP"),
-			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "P47-"),
-		}
-	},
-	{ } /* NULL entry stops DMI scanning */
-};
-
-static int probe_bigsmp(void)
-{
-	return dmi_check_system(bigsmp_dmi_table);
-}
-
-static struct apic apic_bigsmp __ro_after_init = {
-
-	.name				= "bigsmp",
-	.probe				= probe_bigsmp,
-
-	.dest_mode_logical		= false,
-
-	.disable_esr			= 1,
-
-	.cpu_present_to_apicid		= default_cpu_present_to_apicid,
-
-	.max_apic_id			= 0xFE,
-	.get_apic_id			= bigsmp_get_apic_id,
-
-	.calc_dest_apicid		= apic_default_calc_apicid,
-
-	.send_IPI			= default_send_IPI_single_phys,
-	.send_IPI_mask			= default_send_IPI_mask_sequence_phys,
-	.send_IPI_mask_allbutself	= NULL,
-	.send_IPI_allbutself		= bigsmp_send_IPI_allbutself,
-	.send_IPI_all			= bigsmp_send_IPI_all,
-	.send_IPI_self			= default_send_IPI_self,
-
-	.read				= native_apic_mem_read,
-	.write				= native_apic_mem_write,
-	.eoi				= native_apic_mem_eoi,
-	.icr_read			= native_apic_icr_read,
-	.icr_write			= native_apic_icr_write,
-	.wait_icr_idle			= apic_mem_wait_icr_idle,
-	.safe_wait_icr_idle		= apic_mem_wait_icr_idle_timeout,
-};
-
-bool __init apic_bigsmp_possible(bool cmdline_override)
-{
-	return apic == &apic_bigsmp || !cmdline_override;
-}
-
-void __init apic_bigsmp_force(void)
-{
-	if (apic != &apic_bigsmp)
-		apic_install_driver(&apic_bigsmp);
-}
-
-apic_driver(apic_bigsmp);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/local.h b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/local.h
index 842fe28496be..bdcf609eb283 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/local.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/local.h
@@ -65,17 +65,4 @@ void default_send_IPI_self(int vector);
 void default_send_IPI_mask_sequence_logical(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector);
 void default_send_IPI_mask_allbutself_logical(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector);
 void default_send_IPI_mask_logical(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector);
-void x86_32_probe_bigsmp_early(void);
-void x86_32_install_bigsmp(void);
-#else
-static inline void x86_32_probe_bigsmp_early(void) { }
-static inline void x86_32_install_bigsmp(void) { }
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP
-bool apic_bigsmp_possible(bool cmdline_selected);
-void apic_bigsmp_force(void);
-#else
-static inline bool apic_bigsmp_possible(bool cmdline_selected) { return false; };
-static inline void apic_bigsmp_force(void) { }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
index f75ee345c02d..87bc9e7ca5d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c
@@ -93,35 +93,6 @@ static int __init parse_apic(char *arg)
 }
 early_param("apic", parse_apic);
 
-void __init x86_32_probe_bigsmp_early(void)
-{
-	if (nr_cpu_ids <= 8 || xen_pv_domain())
-		return;
-
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP)) {
-		switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
-		case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
-			if (!APIC_XAPIC(boot_cpu_apic_version))
-				break;
-			/* P4 and above */
-			fallthrough;
-		case X86_VENDOR_HYGON:
-		case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
-			if (apic_bigsmp_possible(cmdline_apic))
-				return;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	pr_info("Limiting to 8 possible CPUs\n");
-	set_nr_cpu_ids(8);
-}
-
-void __init x86_32_install_bigsmp(void)
-{
-	if (nr_cpu_ids > 8 && !xen_pv_domain())
-		apic_bigsmp_force();
-}
-
 void __init x86_32_probe_apic(void)
 {
 	if (!cmdline_apic) {
