diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index b1c921c27519..951143dd0684 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -310,15 +310,6 @@ Who:	Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON
-When:	January 2009
-Why:	This option was introduced just to allow older lm-sensors userspace
-	to keep working over the upgrade to 2.6.26. At the scheduled time of
-	removal fixed lm-sensors (2.x or 3.x) should be readily available.
-Who:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:	Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
 	(in net/core/net-sysfs.c)
 When:	After the only user (hal) has seen a release with the patches
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index bf7c687519ef..f7f71b2d3101 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ menuconfig THERMAL
 	  If you want this support, you should say Y or M here.
 
 config THERMAL_HWMON
-	bool "Hardware monitoring support"
+	bool
 	depends on THERMAL
 	depends on HWMON=y || HWMON=THERMAL
-	help
-	  The generic thermal sysfs driver's hardware monitoring support
-	  requires a 2.10.7/3.0.2 or later lm-sensors userspace.
-
-	  Say Y if your user-space is new enough.
+	default y