diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kexec.h
index e62832dcba76..a8287e7ab9d4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #ifndef _ARM_KEXEC_H
 #define _ARM_KEXEC_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
-
 /* Maximum physical address we can use pages from */
 #define KEXEC_SOURCE_MEMORY_LIMIT (-1UL)
 /* Maximum address we can reach in physical address mode */
@@ -82,6 +80,4 @@ static inline struct page *boot_pfn_to_page(unsigned long boot_pfn)
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC */
-
 #endif /* _ARM_KEXEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
index d53f56d6f840..771264d4726a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER)	+= entry-ftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)	+= ftrace.o insn.o patch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER)	+= ftrace.o insn.o patch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)	+= jump_label.o insn.o patch.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC)		+= machine_kexec.o relocate_kernel.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE)	+= machine_kexec.o relocate_kernel.o
 # Main staffs in KPROBES are in arch/arm/probes/ .
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES)		+= patch.o insn.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT)	+= sys_oabi-compat.o
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
index 9bfe68fe9676..143f4d8eab7c 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
 	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC
 	select CRASH_CORE
 	select KEXEC_CORE
-	select KEXEC
 	help
 	  Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
 	  This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels