diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
index ab8b30cb978e..550904591e94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS=y
-CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
index 2d196cb49084..614961009075 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS=y
-CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING=y
 CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK=y
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index 72393a8c1a6c..e970f97a7fcb 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -129,22 +129,13 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
 #define __compiler_offsetof(a, b)	__builtin_offsetof(a, b)
 
 /*
- * Force always-inline if the user requests it so via the .config.
  * Prefer gnu_inline, so that extern inline functions do not emit an
  * externally visible function. This makes extern inline behave as per gnu89
  * semantics rather than c99. This prevents multiple symbol definition errors
  * of extern inline functions at link time.
  * A lot of inline functions can cause havoc with function tracing.
- * Do not use __always_inline here, since currently it expands to inline again
- * (which would break users of __always_inline).
  */
-#if !defined(CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING)
-#define inline inline __attribute__((__always_inline__)) __gnu_inline \
-	__inline_maybe_unused notrace
-#else
-#define inline inline                                    __gnu_inline \
-	__inline_maybe_unused notrace
-#endif
+#define inline inline __gnu_inline __inline_maybe_unused notrace
 
 /*
  * gcc provides both __inline__ and __inline as alternate spellings of
diff --git a/kernel/configs/tiny.config b/kernel/configs/tiny.config
index 7fa0c4ae6394..8a44b93da0f3 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/tiny.config
+++ b/kernel/configs/tiny.config
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ=y
 # CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4 is not set
-CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING=y
 # CONFIG_SLAB is not set
 # CONFIG_SLUB is not set
 CONFIG_SLOB=y
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index d1398cef3b18..7f9a89847b65 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -305,18 +305,6 @@ config HEADERS_INSTALL
 	  user-space program samples. It is also needed by some features such
 	  as uapi header sanity checks.
 
-config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
-	def_bool y
-	help
-	  This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
-	  developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
-	  do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
-	  compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
-	  enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
-	  this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
-	  decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
-	  is there to test gcc for this.
-
 config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
 	bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis"
 	help