diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f6946b81f74a..160d3ad90507 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
-	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 2400ad62f330..9a7ab08f4157 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_context.h>
 #include <linux/bsearch.h>
-#include <linux/sync_core.h>
+#include <asm/sync_core.h>
 #include <asm/text-patching.h>
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
index 4102b866e7c0..282ea9942829 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 #include <linux/irq_work.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/set_memory.h>
-#include <linux/sync_core.h>
 #include <linux/task_work.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 
 #include <asm/intel-family.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/sync_core.h>
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/mce.h>
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
index 723825524ea0..48fd5b101de1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
-#include <linux/sync_core.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
+#include <asm/sync_core.h>
 #include "gru.h"
 #include "grutables.h"
 #include "grulib.h"
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/gruhandles.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/gruhandles.c
index 1d75d5e540bc..c8cba1c1b00f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/gruhandles.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/gruhandles.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define GRU_OPERATION_TIMEOUT	(((cycles_t) local_cpu_data->itc_freq)*10)
 #define CLKS2NSEC(c)		((c) *1000000000 / local_cpu_data->itc_freq)
 #else
-#include <linux/sync_core.h>
+#include <asm/sync_core.h>
 #include <asm/tsc.h>
 #define GRU_OPERATION_TIMEOUT	((cycles_t) tsc_khz*10*1000)
 #define CLKS2NSEC(c)		((c) * 1000000 / tsc_khz)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c
index 0ea923fe6371..860aea9deb45 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
-#include <linux/sync_core.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <asm/io_apic.h>
+#include <asm/sync_core.h>
 #include "gru.h"
 #include "grulib.h"
 #include "grutables.h"
diff --git a/include/linux/sync_core.h b/include/linux/sync_core.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 013da4b8b327..000000000000
--- a/include/linux/sync_core.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef _LINUX_SYNC_CORE_H
-#define _LINUX_SYNC_CORE_H
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
-#include <asm/sync_core.h>
-#else
-/*
- * This is a dummy sync_core_before_usermode() implementation that can be used
- * on all architectures which return to user-space through core serializing
- * instructions.
- * If your architecture returns to user-space through non-core-serializing
- * instructions, you need to write your own functions.
- */
-static inline void sync_core_before_usermode(void)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _LINUX_SYNC_CORE_H */
-
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 02d13ae27abb..82f9b5c937cb 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -2334,9 +2334,6 @@ source "kernel/Kconfig.locks"
 config ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE
 	bool
 
-config ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
-	bool
-
 # It may be useful for an architecture to override the definitions of the
 # SYSCALL_DEFINE() and __SYSCALL_DEFINEx() macros in <linux/syscalls.h>
 # and the COMPAT_ variants in <linux/compat.h>, in particular to use a
