diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
index 998fc73497caf4ca33e125ffafbb7b1d08b7d615..1d1b6286510b3c3c7b2d769f2243e929ab7411b2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ COBJS-y += nand_bbt.o
 COBJS-y += nand_ids.o
 COBJS-y += nand_util.o
 endif
-COBJS-$(CONFIG_MTD_ECC_SOFT) += nand_ecc.o
+COBJS-y += nand_ecc.o
 COBJS-y += nand_base.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_NAND_ECC_BCH) += nand_bch.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 12b960fdb907ba44e3957b02a7b0e7a5f817dbf9..8ab83036f5922605ae4ef8d1f0da14bb9dbb12c8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -3028,10 +3028,6 @@ int nand_scan_tail(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 		chip->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_SOFT;
 
 	case NAND_ECC_SOFT:
-		if (!mtd_nand_has_ecc_soft()) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "CONFIG_MTD_ECC_SOFT not enabled\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
 		chip->ecc.calculate = nand_calculate_ecc;
 		chip->ecc.correct = nand_correct_data;
 		chip->ecc.read_page = nand_read_page_swecc;
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand_ecc.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand_ecc.h
index 9715a53d86d4ec3716b167a646dd3732da556d13..090da505425d77d105acb6133d63dfaaa7c95b7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand_ecc.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand_ecc.h
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 
 struct mtd_info;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_ECC_SOFT)
-
-static inline int mtd_nand_has_ecc_soft(void) { return 1; }
-
 /*
  * Calculate 3 byte ECC code for 256 byte block
  */
@@ -29,25 +25,4 @@ int nand_calculate_ecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, const u_char *dat, u_char *ecc_code
  */
 int nand_correct_data(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *dat, u_char *read_ecc, u_char *calc_ecc);
 
-#else
-
-static inline int mtd_nand_has_ecc_soft(void) { return 0; }
-
-static inline int
-nand_calculate_ecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, const u_char *dat, u_char *ecc_code)
-{
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static inline int
-nand_correct_data(struct mtd_info *mtd,
-			u_char *dat,
-			u_char *read_ecc,
-			u_char *calc_ecc)
-{
-	return -1;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __MTD_NAND_ECC_H__ */