diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
index ec01f08..e101846 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@
 	int irq;
 
 	for (irq = 0; irq < NR_IRQS; irq++)
-		irq_desc[irq].status |= IRQ_NOREQUEST | IRQ_DELAYED_DISABLE |
-			IRQ_NOPROBE;
+		irq_desc[irq].status |= IRQ_NOREQUEST | IRQ_NOPROBE;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	bad_irq_desc.affinity = CPU_MASK_ALL;
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
index f003a4c..4ccebd4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -1281,11 +1281,9 @@
 			trigger == IOAPIC_LEVEL)
 		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ioapic_chip,
 					 handle_fasteoi_irq, "fasteoi");
-	else {
-		irq_desc[irq].status |= IRQ_DELAYED_DISABLE;
+	else
 		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ioapic_chip,
 					 handle_edge_irq, "edge");
-	}
 	set_intr_gate(vector, interrupt[irq]);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
index 39db128..5e5c0e4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
@@ -305,8 +305,6 @@
 	level = !!(level_mask[hw >> 5] & (1UL << (hw & 0x1f)));
 	if (level)
 		desc->status |= IRQ_LEVEL;
-	else
-		desc->status |= IRQ_DELAYED_DISABLE;
 	set_irq_chip_and_handler(virq, &pmac_pic, level ?
 				 handle_level_irq : handle_edge_irq);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
index 566e64d..950682f 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -810,11 +810,9 @@
 			trigger == IOAPIC_LEVEL)
 		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ioapic_chip,
 					      handle_fasteoi_irq, "fasteoi");
-	else {
-		irq_desc[irq].status |= IRQ_DELAYED_DISABLE;
+	else
 		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ioapic_chip,
 					      handle_edge_irq, "edge");
-	}
 }
 static void __init setup_IO_APIC_irq(int apic, int pin, int idx, int irq)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index 29f715e..f486c4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@
 #define IRQ_NOPROBE		0x00020000	/* IRQ is not valid for probing */
 #define IRQ_NOREQUEST		0x00040000	/* IRQ cannot be requested */
 #define IRQ_NOAUTOEN		0x00080000	/* IRQ will not be enabled on request irq */
-#define IRQ_DELAYED_DISABLE	0x00100000	/* IRQ disable (masking) happens delayed. */
-#define IRQ_WAKEUP		0x00200000	/* IRQ triggers system wakeup */
-#define IRQ_MOVE_PENDING	0x00400000	/* need to re-target IRQ destination */
-#define IRQ_NO_BALANCING	0x00800000	/* IRQ is excluded from balancing */
+#define IRQ_WAKEUP		0x00100000	/* IRQ triggers system wakeup */
+#define IRQ_MOVE_PENDING	0x00200000	/* need to re-target IRQ destination */
+#define IRQ_NO_BALANCING	0x00400000	/* IRQ is excluded from balancing */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_PER_CPU
 # define CHECK_IRQ_PER_CPU(var) ((var) & IRQ_PER_CPU)