diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index 4d8cae96109ad4e1d04dd385d469a37129a8023a..abd4146922eaaaf7625d51121e03d282de0ea51d 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ config BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
 		 29,916,167 26,005,792  bootm_start
 		 30,361,327    445,160  start_kernel
 
-config BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
-	int "Number of boot ID numbers available for user use"
-	default 20
-	help
-	  This is the number of available user bootstage records.
-	  Each time you call bootstage_mark(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC, ...)
-	  a new ID will be allocated from this stash. If you exceed
-	  the limit, recording will stop.
-
 config BOOTSTAGE_RECORD_COUNT
 	int "Number of boot stage records to store"
 	default 30
diff --git a/common/bootstage.c b/common/bootstage.c
index 61479d7f07925ab604bfe605c2e13cd978a8fb09..efc99fc681089a120d4278a66c7f6a393ac81a4d 100644
--- a/common/bootstage.c
+++ b/common/bootstage.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ int bootstage_unstash(const void *base, int size)
 
 	if (data->rec_count + hdr->count > RECORD_COUNT) {
 		debug("%s: Bootstage has %d records, we have space for %d\n"
-			"- please increase CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT\n",
+			"- please increase CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_RECORD_COUNT\n",
 		      __func__, hdr->count, RECORD_COUNT - data->rec_count);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
index e7a61bd61a0b1e2d02c42053d2ff700833c7607b..d92f7357a2e28bdac99c1710e8d513cdda80eb8a 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT=y
-CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT=32
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_FDT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_STASH=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_STASH_ADDR=0x0
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig
index 325f4ff57f46901ecd66b8b07e2f24acf8aba8ac..50ea35e64bc72b7f09ddb5e31514e39ad0addf24 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT=y
-CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT=32
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_FDT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_STASH=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_STASH_ADDR=0x0
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_noblk_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_noblk_defconfig
index e152917fe43132d23b71c2dd4dfd8c5545b42440..693c14bc60034c070c8311ad694dbfaad9ee73c6 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_noblk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_noblk_defconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT=y
-CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT=32
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_FDT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_STASH=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_STASH_ADDR=0x0
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
index be4a85da331256af9f412477aa400cf16dbcd4f4..db9129456bfad9c359977c5fd2a3672d12e83386 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT=y
-CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT=32
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_FDT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_STASH=y
 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_STASH_ADDR=0x0
diff --git a/include/bootstage.h b/include/bootstage.h
index c5d93f57fd7f45d75d6a5db67a0d2db364f1eefa..7a524782bae45d4c07db7f8031be2a1b8ebe61ac 100644
--- a/include/bootstage.h
+++ b/include/bootstage.h
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 #ifndef _BOOTSTAGE_H
 #define _BOOTSTAGE_H
 
-/* Define this for host tools */
-#ifndef CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
-#define CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT	20
-#endif
-
 /* Flags for each bootstage record */
 enum bootstage_flags {
 	BOOTSTAGEF_ERROR	= 1 << 0,	/* Error record */
@@ -208,7 +203,6 @@ enum bootstage_id {
 
 	/* a few spare for the user, from here */
 	BOOTSTAGE_ID_USER,
-	BOOTSTAGE_ID_COUNT = BOOTSTAGE_ID_USER + CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT,
 	BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC,
 };