diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/init.c b/arch/arc/mm/init.c
index 05025122e965..11ce638731c9 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/init.c
@@ -160,11 +160,7 @@ void __init setup_arch_memory(void)
 static void __init highmem_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	unsigned long tmp;
-
 	memblock_phys_free(high_mem_start, high_mem_sz);
-	for (tmp = min_high_pfn; tmp < max_high_pfn; tmp++)
-		free_highmem_page(pfn_to_page(tmp));
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -176,8 +172,8 @@ static void __init highmem_init(void)
  */
 void __init mem_init(void)
 {
-	memblock_free_all();
 	highmem_init();
+	memblock_free_all();
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON((PTRS_PER_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t)) > PAGE_SIZE);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON((PTRS_PER_PUD * sizeof(pud_t)) > PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index d4bcc745a044..7bb5ce02b9b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -237,33 +237,6 @@ static inline void poison_init_mem(void *s, size_t count)
 		*p++ = 0xe7fddef0;
 }
 
-static void __init free_highpages(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	unsigned long max_low = max_low_pfn;
-	phys_addr_t range_start, range_end;
-	u64 i;
-
-	/* set highmem page free */
-	for_each_free_mem_range(i, NUMA_NO_NODE, MEMBLOCK_NONE,
-				&range_start, &range_end, NULL) {
-		unsigned long start = PFN_UP(range_start);
-		unsigned long end = PFN_DOWN(range_end);
-
-		/* Ignore complete lowmem entries */
-		if (end <= max_low)
-			continue;
-
-		/* Truncate partial highmem entries */
-		if (start < max_low)
-			start = max_low;
-
-		for (; start < end; start++)
-			free_highmem_page(pfn_to_page(start));
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
 /*
  * mem_init() marks the free areas in the mem_map and tells us how much
  * memory is free.  This is done after various parts of the system have
@@ -283,8 +256,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	/* this will put all unused low memory onto the freelists */
 	memblock_free_all();
 
-	free_highpages();
-
 	/*
 	 * Check boundaries twice: Some fundamental inconsistencies can
 	 * be detected at build time already.
diff --git a/arch/csky/mm/init.c b/arch/csky/mm/init.c
index a22801aa503a..3914c2b873da 100644
--- a/arch/csky/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/csky/mm/init.c
@@ -44,21 +44,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
 
 void __init mem_init(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	unsigned long tmp;
-#endif
-
 	memblock_free_all();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	for (tmp = highstart_pfn; tmp < highend_pfn; tmp++) {
-		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(tmp);
-
-		/* FIXME not sure about */
-		if (!memblock_is_reserved(tmp << PAGE_SHIFT))
-			free_highmem_page(page);
-	}
-#endif
 }
 
 void free_initmem(void)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
index 7e2e342e84c5..3e664e0efc33 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
@@ -52,19 +52,6 @@ static void __init highmem_init(void)
 	map_page(PKMAP_BASE, 0, 0);	/* XXX gross */
 	pkmap_page_table = virt_to_kpte(PKMAP_BASE);
 }
-
-static void __meminit highmem_setup(void)
-{
-	unsigned long pfn;
-
-	for (pfn = max_low_pfn; pfn < max_pfn; ++pfn) {
-		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-
-		/* FIXME not sure about */
-		if (!memblock_is_reserved(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT))
-			free_highmem_page(page);
-	}
-}
 #endif /* CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
 
 /*
@@ -122,9 +109,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 {
 	/* this will put all memory onto the freelists */
 	memblock_free_all();
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	highmem_setup();
-#endif
 
 	mem_init_done = 1;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 99cefb58fba3..e7882874ba2f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -427,25 +427,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 static struct kcore_list kcore_kseg0;
 #endif
 
-static inline void __init mem_init_free_highmem(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	unsigned long tmp;
-
-	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases)
-		return;
-
-	for (tmp = highstart_pfn; tmp < highend_pfn; tmp++) {
-		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(tmp);
-
-		if (!memblock_is_memory(PFN_PHYS(tmp)))
-			SetPageReserved(page);
-		else
-			free_highmem_page(page);
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
 void __init mem_init(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -456,7 +437,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 
 	maar_init();
 	setup_zero_pages();	/* Setup zeroed pages.  */
-	mem_init_free_highmem();
 	memblock_free_all();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index c7708c8fad29..1bc94bca9944 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -297,20 +297,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 
 	memblock_free_all();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	{
-		unsigned long pfn, highmem_mapnr;
-
-		highmem_mapnr = lowmem_end_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		for (pfn = highmem_mapnr; pfn < max_mapnr; ++pfn) {
-			phys_addr_t paddr = (phys_addr_t)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
-			struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-			if (memblock_is_memory(paddr) && !memblock_is_reserved(paddr))
-				free_highmem_page(page);
-		}
-	}
-#endif /* CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_E500) && !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	/*
 	 * If smp is enabled, next_tlbcam_idx is initialized in the cpu up
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
index 81a468a9c223..043e9b6fadd0 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
@@ -232,18 +232,6 @@ static void __init taint_real_pages(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static void map_high_region(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
-{
-	unsigned long tmp;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM
-	printk("mapping high region %08lx - %08lx\n", start_pfn, end_pfn);
-#endif
-
-	for (tmp = start_pfn; tmp < end_pfn; tmp++)
-		free_highmem_page(pfn_to_page(tmp));
-}
-
 void __init mem_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -276,19 +264,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	taint_real_pages();
 
 	memblock_free_all();
-
-	for (i = 0; sp_banks[i].num_bytes != 0; i++) {
-		unsigned long start_pfn = sp_banks[i].base_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		unsigned long end_pfn = (sp_banks[i].base_addr + sp_banks[i].num_bytes) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-		if (end_pfn <= highstart_pfn)
-			continue;
-
-		if (start_pfn < highstart_pfn)
-			start_pfn = highstart_pfn;
-
-		map_high_region(start_pfn, end_pfn);
-	}
 }
 
 void sparc_flush_page_to_ram(struct page *page)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/highmem.h
index 731ee7cc40a5..585bdadba47d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ extern unsigned long highstart_pfn, highend_pfn;
 		arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode();		\
 	} while (0)
 
-extern void add_highpages_with_active_regions(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
-					unsigned long end_pfn);
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_HIGHMEM_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h
index 5469d7a7c40f..53ba39ce010c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ static inline int numa_cpu_node(int cpu)
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-# include <asm/numa_32.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 extern void numa_set_node(int cpu, int node);
 extern void numa_clear_node(int cpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/numa_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/numa_32.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c8e9e85be77..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/numa_32.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef _ASM_X86_NUMA_32_H
-#define _ASM_X86_NUMA_32_H
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-extern void set_highmem_pages_init(void);
-#else
-static inline void set_highmem_pages_init(void)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _ASM_X86_NUMA_32_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
index 690fbf48e853..52fbf0a60858 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE)	+= hugetlbpage.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE)	+= dump_pagetables.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS)	+= debug_pagetables.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_HIGHMEM)		+= highmem_32.o
-
 KASAN_SANITIZE_kasan_init_$(BITS).o := n
 obj-$(CONFIG_KASAN)		+= kasan_init_$(BITS).o
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d9efa35711ee..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-#include <linux/highmem.h>
-#include <linux/export.h>
-#include <linux/swap.h> /* for totalram_pages */
-#include <linux/memblock.h>
-#include <asm/numa.h>
-
-void __init set_highmem_pages_init(void)
-{
-	struct zone *zone;
-	int nid;
-
-	/*
-	 * Explicitly reset zone->managed_pages because set_highmem_pages_init()
-	 * is invoked before memblock_free_all()
-	 */
-	reset_all_zones_managed_pages();
-	for_each_zone(zone) {
-		unsigned long zone_start_pfn, zone_end_pfn;
-
-		if (!is_highmem(zone))
-			continue;
-
-		zone_start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
-		zone_end_pfn = zone_start_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
-
-		nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Initializing %s for node %d (%08lx:%08lx)\n",
-				zone->name, nid, zone_start_pfn, zone_end_pfn);
-
-		add_highpages_with_active_regions(nid, zone_start_pfn,
-				 zone_end_pfn);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 801b659ead0c..9ee8ec2bc5d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -394,23 +394,6 @@ static void __init permanent_kmaps_init(pgd_t *pgd_base)
 
 	pkmap_page_table = virt_to_kpte(vaddr);
 }
-
-void __init add_highpages_with_active_regions(int nid,
-			 unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
-{
-	phys_addr_t start, end;
-	u64 i;
-
-	for_each_free_mem_range(i, nid, MEMBLOCK_NONE, &start, &end, NULL) {
-		unsigned long pfn = clamp_t(unsigned long, PFN_UP(start),
-					    start_pfn, end_pfn);
-		unsigned long e_pfn = clamp_t(unsigned long, PFN_DOWN(end),
-					      start_pfn, end_pfn);
-		for ( ; pfn < e_pfn; pfn++)
-			if (pfn_valid(pfn))
-				free_highmem_page(pfn_to_page(pfn));
-	}
-}
 #else
 static inline void permanent_kmaps_init(pgd_t *pgd_base)
 {
@@ -715,17 +698,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM
 	BUG_ON(!mem_map);
 #endif
-	/*
-	 * With CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC initialization of highmem pages has to
-	 * be done before memblock_free_all(). Memblock use free low memory for
-	 * temporary data (see find_range_array()) and for this purpose can use
-	 * pages that was already passed to the buddy allocator, hence marked as
-	 * not accessible in the page tables when compiled with
-	 * CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC. Otherwise order of initialization is not
-	 * important here.
-	 */
-	set_highmem_pages_init();
-
 	/* this will put all low memory onto the freelists */
 	memblock_free_all();
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
index 9b662477b3d4..47ecbe28263e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
@@ -129,41 +129,12 @@ void __init zones_init(void)
 	print_vm_layout();
 }
 
-static void __init free_highpages(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-	unsigned long max_low = max_low_pfn;
-	phys_addr_t range_start, range_end;
-	u64 i;
-
-	/* set highmem page free */
-	for_each_free_mem_range(i, NUMA_NO_NODE, MEMBLOCK_NONE,
-				&range_start, &range_end, NULL) {
-		unsigned long start = PFN_UP(range_start);
-		unsigned long end = PFN_DOWN(range_end);
-
-		/* Ignore complete lowmem entries */
-		if (end <= max_low)
-			continue;
-
-		/* Truncate partial highmem entries */
-		if (start < max_low)
-			start = max_low;
-
-		for (; start < end; start++)
-			free_highmem_page(pfn_to_page(start));
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize memory pages.
  */
 
 void __init mem_init(void)
 {
-	free_highpages();
-
 	memblock_free_all();
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index fdf20503850e..6fccd3b3248c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3172,7 +3172,6 @@ extern void reserve_bootmem_region(phys_addr_t start,
 
 /* Free the reserved page into the buddy system, so it gets managed. */
 void free_reserved_page(struct page *page);
-#define free_highmem_page(page) free_reserved_page(page)
 
 static inline void mark_page_reserved(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 95af35fd1389..64ae678cd1d1 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -2164,8 +2164,7 @@ static unsigned long __init __free_memory_core(phys_addr_t start,
 				 phys_addr_t end)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = PFN_UP(start);
-	unsigned long end_pfn = min_t(unsigned long,
-				      PFN_DOWN(end), max_low_pfn);
+	unsigned long end_pfn = PFN_DOWN(end);
 
 	if (start_pfn >= end_pfn)
 		return 0;
