diff --git a/arch/cris/Kconfig b/arch/cris/Kconfig
index 0a7a4c11d8b1..82985032233a 100644
--- a/arch/cris/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/Kconfig
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ config ETRAX_AXISFLASHMAP
 	select MTD_CHAR
 	select MTD_BLOCK
 	select MTD_PARTITIONS
-	select MTD_CONCAT
 	select MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS
 	help
 	  This option enables MTD mapping of flash devices.  Needed to use
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/axisflashmap.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/axisflashmap.c
index b2079703af7e..ed708e19d09e 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/axisflashmap.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/axisflashmap.c
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ static struct mtd_info *flash_probe(void)
 	}
 
 	if (mtd_cse0 && mtd_cse1) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_CONCAT
 		struct mtd_info *mtds[] = { mtd_cse0, mtd_cse1 };
 
 		/* Since the concatenation layer adds a small overhead we
@@ -246,11 +245,6 @@ static struct mtd_info *flash_probe(void)
 		 */
 		mtd_cse = mtd_concat_create(mtds, ARRAY_SIZE(mtds),
 					    "cse0+cse1");
-#else
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s and %s: Cannot concatenate due to kernel "
-		       "(mis)configuration!\n", map_cse0.name, map_cse1.name);
-		mtd_cse = NULL;
-#endif
 		if (!mtd_cse) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s and %s: Concatenation failed!\n",
 			       map_cse0.name, map_cse1.name);
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
index a2dd740c5907..1633b120aa81 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ config ETRAX_AXISFLASHMAP
 	select MTD_CHAR
 	select MTD_BLOCK
 	select MTD_PARTITIONS
-	select MTD_CONCAT
 	select MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS
 	help
 	  This option enables MTD mapping of flash devices.  Needed to use
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/axisflashmap.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/axisflashmap.c
index 51e1e85df96d..3d751250271b 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/axisflashmap.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/axisflashmap.c
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ static struct mtd_info *flash_probe(void)
 	}
 
 	if (count > 1) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_CONCAT
 		/* Since the concatenation layer adds a small overhead we
 		 * could try to figure out if the chips in cse0 and cse1 are
 		 * identical and reprobe the whole cse0+cse1 window. But since
@@ -284,11 +283,6 @@ static struct mtd_info *flash_probe(void)
 		 * complicating the probing procedure.
 		 */
 		mtd_total = mtd_concat_create(mtds, count, "cse0+cse1");
-#else
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s and %s: Cannot concatenate due to kernel "
-		       "(mis)configuration!\n", map_cse0.name, map_cse1.name);
-		mtd_toal = NULL;
-#endif
 		if (!mtd_total) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s and %s: Concatenation failed!\n",
 				map_cse0.name, map_cse1.name);