diff --git a/fs/nfsd/Kconfig b/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
index f6a2fd3015e7..7c441f2bd444 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config NFSD
 	select SUNRPC
 	select EXPORTFS
 	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
+	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V3_ACL
 	depends on MULTIUSER
 	help
 	  Choose Y here if you want to allow other computers to access
@@ -26,19 +27,29 @@ config NFSD
 
 	  Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are
 	  available to clients mounting the NFS server on this system.
-	  Support for NFS version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when
+	  Support for NFS version 3 (RFC 1813) is always available when
 	  CONFIG_NFSD is selected.
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-config NFSD_V2_ACL
-	bool
+config NFSD_V2
+	bool "NFS server support for NFS version 2 (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on NFSD
+	default n
+	help
+	  NFSv2 (RFC 1094) was the first publicly-released version of NFS.
+	  Unless you are hosting ancient (1990's era) NFS clients, you don't
+	  need this.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
+config NFSD_V2_ACL
+	bool "NFS server support for the NFSv2 ACL protocol extension"
+	depends on NFSD_V2
 
 config NFSD_V3_ACL
 	bool "NFS server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
 	depends on NFSD
-	select NFSD_V2_ACL
 	help
 	  Solaris NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that
 	  never became an official part of the NFS version 3 protocol.
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/Makefile b/fs/nfsd/Makefile
index 805c06d5f1b4..6fffc8f03f74 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/Makefile
+++ b/fs/nfsd/Makefile
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NFSD)	+= nfsd.o
 # this one should be compiled first, as the tracing macros can easily blow up
 nfsd-y			+= trace.o
 
-nfsd-y 			+= nfssvc.o nfsctl.o nfsproc.o nfsfh.o vfs.o \
-			   export.o auth.o lockd.o nfscache.o nfsxdr.o \
+nfsd-y 			+= nfssvc.o nfsctl.o nfsfh.o vfs.o \
+			   export.o auth.o lockd.o nfscache.o \
 			   stats.o filecache.o nfs3proc.o nfs3xdr.o
+nfsd-$(CONFIG_NFSD_V2) += nfsproc.o nfsxdr.o
 nfsd-$(CONFIG_NFSD_V2_ACL) += nfs2acl.o
 nfsd-$(CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL) += nfs3acl.o
 nfsd-$(CONFIG_NFSD_V4)	+= nfs4proc.o nfs4xdr.o nfs4state.o nfs4idmap.o \
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 68ed42fd29fc..d1e581a60480 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -581,7 +581,9 @@ static ssize_t __write_versions(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 
 			cmd = sign == '-' ? NFSD_CLEAR : NFSD_SET;
 			switch(num) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V2
 			case 2:
+#endif
 			case 3:
 				nfsd_vers(nn, num, cmd);
 				break;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 09726c5b9a31..93b42ef9ed91 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ struct readdir_cd {
 
 
 extern struct svc_program	nfsd_program;
-extern const struct svc_version	nfsd_version2, nfsd_version3,
-				nfsd_version4;
+extern const struct svc_version	nfsd_version2, nfsd_version3, nfsd_version4;
 extern struct mutex		nfsd_mutex;
 extern spinlock_t		nfsd_drc_lock;
 extern unsigned long		nfsd_drc_max_mem;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index bfbd9f672f59..62e473b0ca52 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -91,8 +91,12 @@ unsigned long	nfsd_drc_mem_used;
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V2_ACL) || defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL)
 static struct svc_stat	nfsd_acl_svcstats;
 static const struct svc_version *nfsd_acl_version[] = {
+# if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V2_ACL)
 	[2] = &nfsd_acl_version2,
+# endif
+# if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL)
 	[3] = &nfsd_acl_version3,
+# endif
 };
 
 #define NFSD_ACL_MINVERS            2
@@ -116,7 +120,9 @@ static struct svc_stat	nfsd_acl_svcstats = {
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V2_ACL) || defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL) */
 
 static const struct svc_version *nfsd_version[] = {
+#if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V2)
 	[2] = &nfsd_version2,
+#endif
 	[3] = &nfsd_version3,
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V4)
 	[4] = &nfsd_version4,