diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 437ddbf0c49a..9ecec98bc76e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -911,10 +911,7 @@ void __init acpi_early_init(void)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	status =
-	    acpi_enable_subsystem(~
-				  (ACPI_NO_HARDWARE_INIT |
-				   ACPI_NO_ACPI_ENABLE));
+	status = acpi_enable_subsystem(~ACPI_NO_ACPI_ENABLE);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Unable to enable ACPI\n");
 		goto error0;
@@ -935,8 +932,7 @@ static int __init acpi_bus_init(void)
 
 	acpi_os_initialize1();
 
-	status =
-	    acpi_enable_subsystem(ACPI_NO_HARDWARE_INIT | ACPI_NO_ACPI_ENABLE);
+	status = acpi_enable_subsystem(ACPI_NO_ACPI_ENABLE);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
 		       "Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter\n");
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index b67231bef632..ed73f6705c86 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@ typedef u64 acpi_integer;
  */
 #define ACPI_FULL_INITIALIZATION        0x00
 #define ACPI_NO_ADDRESS_SPACE_INIT      0x01
-#define ACPI_NO_HARDWARE_INIT           0x02
 #define ACPI_NO_EVENT_INIT              0x04
 #define ACPI_NO_HANDLER_INIT            0x08
 #define ACPI_NO_ACPI_ENABLE             0x10