diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 0267babe5eb..e6ab550bceb 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config OPROFILE_IBS
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config HAVE_OPROFILE
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config KPROBES
 	bool "Kprobes"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ config KPROBES
 	  If in doubt, say "N".
 
 config HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 	help
 	  Some architectures are unable to perform unaligned accesses
 	  without the use of get_unaligned/put_unaligned. Others are
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ config KRETPROBES
 	depends on KPROBES && HAVE_KRETPROBES
 
 config HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config HAVE_KPROBES
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config HAVE_KRETPROBES
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 #
 # An arch should select this if it provides all these things:
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@ config HAVE_KRETPROBES
 #	signal delivery		calls tracehook_signal_handler()
 #
 config HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config HAVE_CLK
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 	help
 	  The <linux/clk.h> calls support software clock gating and
 	  thus are a key power management tool on many systems.
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 48e496fe1e7..3b7aa38254a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
 	bool
 	default y
 
-config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U32
-	bool
-	default n
-
-config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64
-	bool
-	default n
-
 config HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
 	bool
 	depends on HUGETLB_PAGE
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f65c2744d57..7ccb6e60e60 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
 	default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
 	default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
 
-
-config GENERIC_LOCKBREAK
-	def_bool n
-
 config GENERIC_TIME
 	def_bool y
 
@@ -95,7 +91,7 @@ config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
 	def_bool y
 
 config GENERIC_GPIO
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
 	def_bool y
@@ -106,12 +102,6 @@ config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
 config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
 	def_bool X86_XADD
 
-config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U32
-	def_bool n
-
-config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64
-	def_bool n
-
 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
 	def_bool y
 
@@ -758,9 +748,8 @@ config I8K
 	  Say N otherwise.
 
 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
-	def_bool n
-	prompt "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
-	depends on X86_32 && X86
+	bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
+	depends on X86_32
 	---help---
 	  This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
 	  in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
@@ -944,8 +933,7 @@ config HIGHMEM
 	depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
 
 config X86_PAE
-	def_bool n
-	prompt "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
+	bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
 	depends on X86_32 && !HIGHMEM4G
 	select RESOURCES_64BIT
 	help
@@ -1238,8 +1226,7 @@ config X86_PAT
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
 config EFI
-	def_bool n
-	prompt "EFI runtime service support"
+	bool "EFI runtime service support"
 	depends on ACPI
 	---help---
 	This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index 6c6dd2faced..74a369a6116 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Select HAVE_IDE if IDE is supported
 config HAVE_IDE
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 menuconfig IDE
 	tristate "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support"
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index 8d53106a0a9..95ed42951e0 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 config TICK_ONESHOT
 	bool
-	default n
 
 config NO_HZ
 	bool "Tickless System (Dynamic Ticks)"
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index c7ad7a5b353..85cf7ea978a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ config BITREVERSE
 	tristate
 
 config GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config CRC_CCITT
 	tristate "CRC-CCITT functions"
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 0bd9c2dbb2a..5585f129359 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ config HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
 # with gcc 3.4 and later.
 #
 config SPARSEMEM_STATIC
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 #
 # Architecture platforms which require a two level mem_section in SPARSEMEM
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ config SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
 	depends on SPARSEMEM && !SPARSEMEM_STATIC
 
 config SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE
-	def_bool n
+	bool
 
 config SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 	bool "Sparse Memory virtual memmap"