diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 83766a6..a50f481 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@
 
 if BLOCK
 
-#XXX - it makes sense to enable this only for 32-bit subarch's, not for x86_64
-#for instance.
 config LBD
 	bool "Support for Large Block Devices"
-	depends on X86 || (MIPS && 32BIT) || PPC32 || (S390 && !64BIT) || SUPERH || UML
+	depends on !64BIT
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to attach large (bigger than 2TB) discs to
 	  your machine, or if you want to have a raid or loopback device
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@
 
 config LSF
 	bool "Support for Large Single Files"
-	depends on X86 || (MIPS && 32BIT) || PPC32 || ARCH_S390_31 || SUPERH || UML
+	depends on !64BIT
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to be able to handle very large files (bigger
 	  than 2TB), otherwise say N.
diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/types.h b/include/asm-avr32/types.h
index 3f47db9..2bff153 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/types.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/types.h
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@
 
 typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LBD
-typedef u64 sector_t;
-#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-h8300/types.h b/include/asm-h8300/types.h
index da2402b..2a8b1b2 100644
--- a/include/asm-h8300/types.h
+++ b/include/asm-h8300/types.h
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@
 
 typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
 
-#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
-typedef u64 sector_t;
-
-#define HAVE_BLKCNT_T
-typedef u64 blkcnt_t;
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/types.h b/include/asm-i386/types.h
index 4b4b295..ad0a55b 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/types.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/types.h
@@ -57,16 +57,6 @@
 #endif
 typedef u64 dma64_addr_t;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LBD
-typedef u64 sector_t;
-#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_LSF
-typedef u64 blkcnt_t;
-#define HAVE_BLKCNT_T
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/types.h b/include/asm-mips/types.h
index 2b52e18..63a13c5 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/types.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/types.h
@@ -93,16 +93,6 @@
 typedef unsigned long phys_t;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LBD
-typedef u64 sector_t;
-#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_LSF
-typedef u64 blkcnt_t;
-#define HAVE_BLKCNT_T
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/types.h b/include/asm-powerpc/types.h
index d6fb56b..3b36375 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/types.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/types.h
@@ -97,16 +97,6 @@
 	unsigned long env;
 } func_descr_t;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LBD
-typedef u64 sector_t;
-#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_LSF
-typedef u64 blkcnt_t;
-#define HAVE_BLKCNT_T
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-s390/types.h b/include/asm-s390/types.h
index ae2951c..fc5d7cf 100644
--- a/include/asm-s390/types.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/types.h
@@ -87,16 +87,6 @@
 	} subreg;
 } register_pair;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LBD
-typedef u64 sector_t;
-#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_LSF
-typedef u64 blkcnt_t;
-#define HAVE_BLKCNT_T
-#endif
-
 #endif /* ! __s390x__   */
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__  */
 #endif /* __KERNEL__    */
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/types.h b/include/asm-sh/types.h
index 3c09dd4..fd00dbb 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/types.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/types.h
@@ -52,16 +52,6 @@
 
 typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LBD
-typedef u64 sector_t;
-#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_LSF
-typedef u64 blkcnt_t;
-#define HAVE_BLKCNT_T
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/types.h b/include/asm-x86_64/types.h
index c86c2e6..2d4491a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/types.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/types.h
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
 typedef u64 dma64_addr_t;
 typedef u64 dma_addr_t;
 
-typedef u64 sector_t;
-#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
-
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 745c409..0351bf2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -136,15 +136,19 @@
  *
  * Linux always considers sectors to be 512 bytes long independently
  * of the devices real block size.
- *
- * If required, asm/types.h can override it and define
- * HAVE_SECTOR_T
  */
-#ifndef HAVE_SECTOR_T
+#ifdef CONFIG_LBD
+typedef u64 sector_t;
+#else
 typedef unsigned long sector_t;
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_BLKCNT_T
+/*
+ * The type of the inode's block count.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_LSF
+typedef u64 blkcnt_t;
+#else
 typedef unsigned long blkcnt_t;
 #endif