diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c b/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
index de606dfa8db9..302fc1401547 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
@@ -702,7 +702,6 @@ int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	/*
 	 * Mark this as IO
 	 */
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED | VM_IO;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
 
 	if (remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, phys,
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pci/bios.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pci/bios.c
index 24bc149889b6..1e9d062103ae 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pci/bios.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pci/bios.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	/* Leave vm_pgoff as-is, the PCI space address is the physical
 	 * address on this platform.
 	 */
-	vma->vm_flags |= (VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED | VM_IO);
-
 	prot = pgprot_val(vma->vm_page_prot);
 	vma->vm_page_prot = __pgprot(prot);
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/i386.c b/arch/i386/pci/i386.c
index 7852827a599b..a151f7a99f5e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/i386.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/i386.c
@@ -285,8 +285,6 @@ int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	/* Leave vm_pgoff as-is, the PCI space address is the physical
 	 * address on this platform.
 	 */
-	vma->vm_flags |= (VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED | VM_IO);
-
 	prot = pgprot_val(vma->vm_page_prot);
 	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 > 3)
 		prot |= _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c b/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
index 61dd8608da4f..77375a55da31 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
@@ -602,8 +602,6 @@ pci_mmap_page_range (struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 * Leave vm_pgoff as-is, the PCI space address is the physical
 	 * address on this platform.
 	 */
-	vma->vm_flags |= (VM_SHM | VM_RESERVED | VM_IO);
-
 	if (write_combine && efi_range_is_wc(vma->vm_start,
 					     vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start))
 		vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_writecombine(vma->vm_page_prot);
@@ -666,7 +664,6 @@ pci_mmap_legacy_page_range(struct pci_bus *bus, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 	vma->vm_pgoff += (unsigned long)addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = prot;
-	vma->vm_flags |= (VM_SHM | VM_RESERVED | VM_IO);
 
 	if (remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_pgoff,
 			    size, vma->vm_page_prot))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c
index c858eb4bef17..b5431ccf1147 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,6 @@ int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	vma->vm_pgoff = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED | VM_IO;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = __pci_mmap_set_pgprot(dev, rp,
 						  vma->vm_page_prot,
 						  mmap_state, write_combine);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
index 5ad87c426bed..247937dd8b73 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	vma->vm_pgoff = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED | VM_IO;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = __pci_mmap_set_pgprot(dev, rp,
 						  vma->vm_page_prot,
 						  mmap_state, write_combine);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_ppc64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_ppc64.c
index 2b87f82df135..2ab8f2be911e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_ppc64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_ppc64.c
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ static int page_map_mmap( struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma )
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
 
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED;
-
 	if ((vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) > dp->size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/pci.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/pci.c
index 809673a36f7a..d20accf9650d 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/pci.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,6 @@ int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	vma->vm_pgoff = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED | VM_IO;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = __pci_mmap_set_pgprot(dev, rp,
 						  vma->vm_page_prot,
 						  mmap_state, write_combine);
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/pci.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/pci.c
index de19501aa809..c6f471b9eaa0 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/pci.c
@@ -349,17 +349,6 @@ __pci_mmap_make_offset(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-/*
- * Set vm_flags of VMA, as appropriate for this architecture, for a pci device
- * mapping.
- */
-static __inline__ void
-__pci_mmap_set_flags(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-		     enum pci_mmap_state mmap_state)
-{
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED | VM_IO;
-}
-
 /*
  * Set vm_page_prot of VMA, as appropriate for this architecture, for a pci
  * device mapping.
@@ -399,7 +388,6 @@ int pci_mmap_page_range(struct pci_dev *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	__pci_mmap_set_flags(dev, vma, mmap_state);
 	__pci_mmap_set_pgprot(dev, vma, mmap_state, write_combine);
 
 	ret = io_remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_pgoff,
diff --git a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
index 1b05fa688996..d65b3109318a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static int mmtimer_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (PAGE_SIZE > (1 << 16))
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
-	vma->vm_flags |= (VM_IO | VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED );
 	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
 
 	mmtimer_addr = __pa(RTC_COUNTER_ADDR);
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/flash.c b/drivers/sbus/char/flash.c
index 5ae684c011f8..31b8a5f6116f 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/flash.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/flash.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ flash_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (vma->vm_end - (vma->vm_start + (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT)) > size)
 		size = vma->vm_end - (vma->vm_start + (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT));
 
-	vma->vm_flags |= (VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED);
 	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
 
 	if (io_remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, addr, size, vma->vm_page_prot))
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
index dfdd6be551f3..ddcd330b9e89 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static int vfc_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		map_size = sizeof(struct vfc_regs);
 
 	vma->vm_flags |=
-		(VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED | VM_IO | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYSHARE);
+		(VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYSHARE);
 	map_offset = (unsigned int) (long)dev->phys_regs;
 	ret = io_remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
 				  MK_IOSPACE_PFN(dev->which_io,
diff --git a/drivers/video/igafb.c b/drivers/video/igafb.c
index 6b88050d21bf..8a0c2d3d3805 100644
--- a/drivers/video/igafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/igafb.c
@@ -232,9 +232,6 @@ static int igafb_mmap(struct fb_info *info,
 
 	size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
 
-	/* To stop the swapper from even considering these pages. */
-	vma->vm_flags |= (VM_SHM | VM_LOCKED);
-
 	/* Each page, see which map applies */
 	for (page = 0; page < size; ) {
 		map_size = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 3b09444121d9..71c5d2f667ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 
 #define VM_GROWSDOWN	0x00000100	/* general info on the segment */
 #define VM_GROWSUP	0x00000200
-#define VM_SHM		0x00000000	/* Means nothing: delete it later */
 #define VM_PFNMAP	0x00000400	/* Page-ranges managed without "struct page", just pure PFN */
 #define VM_DENYWRITE	0x00000800	/* ETXTBSY on write attempts.. */