diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/kernel-features.h
index f3a7a55..2e3fc7d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/kernel-features.h
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 #define __ASSUME_UTIMES	1
 
 /* Support for the O_CLOEXEC flag was added for alpha in 2.6.23.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020617
-# define __ASSUME_O_CLOEXEC    1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_O_CLOEXEC    1
 
 /* Support for various CLOEXEC and NONBLOCK flags was added for alpha after
    2.6.33-rc1.  */
@@ -57,28 +55,6 @@
 
 #undef __ASSUME_ST_INO_64_BIT
 
-/* pselect/ppoll were introduced on alpha just after 2.6.22-rc1.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x020617
-# undef __ASSUME_PSELECT
-# undef __ASSUME_PPOLL
-#endif
-
-/* The *at syscalls were introduced on alpha just after 2.6.22-rc1.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x020617
-# undef __ASSUME_ATFCTS
-#endif
-
-/* Support for inter-process robust mutexes was added on alpha just
-   after 2.6.22-rc1.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x020617
-# undef __ASSUME_SET_ROBUST_LIST
-#endif
-
-/* Support for utimensat was added on alpha after 2.6.22-rc1.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x020617
-# undef __ASSUME_UTIMENSAT
-#endif
-
 /* Support for fallocate was added for alpha after 2.6.33-rc1.  */
 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x020621
 # undef __ASSUME_FALLOCATE
@@ -89,9 +65,7 @@
 #define __ASSUME_STATFS64 0
 
 /* Support for fsyncdata was added for alpha after 2.6.21.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020616
-# define __ASSUME_FDATASYNC	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_FDATASYNC	1
 
 /* Support for preadv and pwritev was added for alpha in 2.6.33.  */
 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x020621
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h
index 96b7350..ce0f03e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h
@@ -21,15 +21,11 @@
 #define __ASSUME_UTIMES	1
 
 /* The signal frame layout changed in 2.6.18.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132626
-# define __ASSUME_SIGFRAME_V2	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_SIGFRAME_V2	1
 
 /* Support for the eventfd2 and signalfd4 syscalls was added in 2.6.27.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061b
-# define __ASSUME_EVENTFD2	1
-# define __ASSUME_SIGNALFD4	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_EVENTFD2	1
+#define __ASSUME_SIGNALFD4	1
 
 /* Support for the recvmmsg syscall was added in 2.6.33.  */
 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020621
@@ -48,12 +44,6 @@
 
 #include_next <kernel-features.h>
 
-/* Support for pselect6, ppoll and epoll_pwait was added in 2.6.32.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x020620
-# undef __ASSUME_PSELECT
-# undef __ASSUME_PPOLL
-#endif
-
 /* The ARM kernel may or may not support
    futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic, depending on kernel
    configuration.  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/kernel-features.h
index dd4de39..471fb88 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/kernel-features.h
@@ -24,28 +24,20 @@
    forever.  */
 #define __ASSUME_UTIMES	1
 
-/* pselect/ppoll were introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1.  Due to the way
-   the kernel versions are advertised we can only rely on 2.6.17 to have
-   the code.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020616
-# define __ASSUME_PSELECT	1
-# define __ASSUME_PPOLL		1
-#endif
+/* pselect/ppoll were introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1.  */
+#define __ASSUME_PSELECT	1
+#define __ASSUME_PPOLL		1
 
 /* Support for various CLOEXEC and NONBLOCK flags was added in 2.6.23.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020617
-# define __ASSUME_O_CLOEXEC	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_O_CLOEXEC	1
 
 /* Support for various CLOEXEC and NONBLOCK flags was added in 2.6.27.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061b
-# define __ASSUME_SOCK_CLOEXEC	1
-# define __ASSUME_IN_NONBLOCK	1
-# define __ASSUME_PIPE2		1
-# define __ASSUME_EVENTFD2	1
-# define __ASSUME_SIGNALFD4	1
-# define __ASSUME_DUP3		1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_SOCK_CLOEXEC	1
+#define __ASSUME_IN_NONBLOCK	1
+#define __ASSUME_PIPE2		1
+#define __ASSUME_EVENTFD2	1
+#define __ASSUME_SIGNALFD4	1
+#define __ASSUME_DUP3		1
 
 /* Support for the recvmmsg syscall was added in 2.6.33.  */
 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020621
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
index db6af35..46e16f6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
@@ -81,98 +81,62 @@
     || defined __x86_64__ \
     || defined __powerpc__ \
     || defined __sh__ \
-    || (defined __s390__ && __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020616)
+    || defined __s390__
 # define __ASSUME_UTIMES	1
 #endif
 
-/* pselect/ppoll were introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1.  Due to the way
-   the kernel versions are advertised we can only rely on 2.6.17 to have
-   the code.  On x86_64 and SH this appeared first in 2.6.19-rc1,
-   on ia64 in 2.6.22-rc1.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020611 \
-    && ((!defined __x86_64__ && !defined __sh__) \
-	|| (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020613 \
-	    && (defined __x86_64__ || defined __sh__)))
-# define __ASSUME_PSELECT	1
-# define __ASSUME_PPOLL		1
-#endif
+/* pselect/ppoll were introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1.  On x86_64 and
+   SH this appeared first in 2.6.19-rc1, on ia64 in 2.6.22-rc1.  */
+#define __ASSUME_PSELECT	1
+#define __ASSUME_PPOLL		1
 
-/* The *at syscalls were introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1.  Due to the way the
-   kernel versions are advertised we can only rely on 2.6.17 to have
-   the code.  On PPC they were introduced in 2.6.17-rc1,
-   on SH in 2.6.19-rc1.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020611 \
-    && (!defined __sh__ || __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020613)
-# define __ASSUME_ATFCTS	1
-#endif
+/* The *at syscalls were introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1.  On PPC
+   they were introduced in 2.6.17-rc1, on SH in 2.6.19-rc1.  */
+#define __ASSUME_ATFCTS	1
 
 /* Support for inter-process robust mutexes was added in 2.6.17 (but
    some architectures lack futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic in some
    configurations).  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020611 \
-    && (!defined __sh__ || __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020613) \
-    && !(defined __sparc__ && !defined __arch64__ && !defined __sparc_v9__)
+#if !(defined __sparc__ && !defined __arch64__ && !defined __sparc_v9__)
 # define __ASSUME_SET_ROBUST_LIST	1
 #endif
 
 /* Pessimistically assume that 2.6.18 introduced real handling of
    large numbers of requests to readv and writev and that we don't
    need a fallback.  It likely worked for much longer.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020612
-# define __ASSUME_COMPLETE_READV_WRITEV	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_COMPLETE_READV_WRITEV	1
 
 /* Support for PI futexes was added in 2.6.18 (but some architectures
    lack futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic in some configurations).  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020612 \
-    && !(defined __sparc__ && !defined __arch64__ && !defined __sparc_v9__)
+#if !(defined __sparc__ && !defined __arch64__ && !defined __sparc_v9__)
 # define __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI	1
 #endif
 
 /* Support for utimensat syscall was added in 2.6.22, on SH
    only after 2.6.22-rc1.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020616 \
-    && (!defined __sh__ || __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020617)
-# define __ASSUME_UTIMENSAT	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_UTIMENSAT	1
 
 /* Support for private futexes was added in 2.6.22.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020616
-# define __ASSUME_PRIVATE_FUTEX	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_PRIVATE_FUTEX	1
 
 /* Support for fallocate was added in 2.6.23, on s390
    only after 2.6.23-rc1.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020617 \
-    && (!defined __s390__ || __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020618)
-# define __ASSUME_FALLOCATE	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_FALLOCATE	1
 
 /* Support for various CLOEXEC and NONBLOCK flags was added for x86,
    x86-64, PPC, IA-64, SPARC< and S390 in 2.6.23.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020617 \
-    && (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ || defined __powerpc__ \
-	|| defined __sparc__ || defined __s390__)
+#if (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ || defined __powerpc__ \
+     || defined __sparc__ || defined __s390__)
 # define __ASSUME_O_CLOEXEC	1
 #endif
 
-/* From 2.6.23 onwards the value of ARG_MAX depends on the stack
-   size.  */
-#define __LINUX_ARG_MAX_STACK_BASED_MIN_KERNEL	0x020617
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= __LINUX_ARG_MAX_STACK_BASED_MIN_KERNEL
-# define __ASSUME_ARG_MAX_STACK_BASED	1
-#endif
-
 /* Support for ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ was added in 2.6.24.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020618
-# define __ASSUME_ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ	1
 
 /* Support for various CLOEXEC and NONBLOCK flags was added for x86,
    x86-64, PPC, IA-64, and SPARC in 2.6.27.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061b \
-    && (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ || defined __powerpc__ \
-	|| defined __sparc__ || defined __s390__)
+#if (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ || defined __powerpc__ \
+     || defined __sparc__ || defined __s390__)
 # define __ASSUME_SOCK_CLOEXEC	1
 # define __ASSUME_IN_NONBLOCK	1
 # define __ASSUME_PIPE2		1
@@ -192,14 +156,13 @@
    available through a separate syscall at the same time as through
    socketcall, and __ASSUME_ACCEPT4 if the accept4 function is known
    to work.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061c && defined __ASSUME_SOCKETCALL
+#ifdef __ASSUME_SOCKETCALL
 # define __ASSUME_ACCEPT4_SOCKETCALL	1
 #endif
 
 /* The accept4 syscall was added for x86_64 and SPARC in 2.6.28, and
    for PowerPC and SH in 2.6.37.  */
-#if (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061c			\
-     && (defined __x86_64__ || defined __sparc__))	\
+#if (defined __x86_64__ || defined __sparc__)		\
     || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020625		\
 	&& (defined __powerpc__ || defined __sh__))
 # define __ASSUME_ACCEPT4_SYSCALL	1
@@ -213,33 +176,24 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Support for the FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME flag was added in 2.6.29.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061d
-# define __ASSUME_FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME	1
 
 /* Support for the AT_RANDOM auxiliary vector entry was added in 2.6.29.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061d
-# define __ASSUME_AT_RANDOM	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_AT_RANDOM	1
 
 /* Support for preadv and pwritev was added in 2.6.30.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061e
-# define __ASSUME_PREADV	1
-# define __ASSUME_PWRITEV	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_PREADV	1
+#define __ASSUME_PWRITEV	1
 
 /* Support for FUTEX_*_REQUEUE_PI was added in 2.6.31 (but some
    architectures lack futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic in some
    configurations).  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061f \
-    && !(defined __sparc__ && !defined __arch64__ && !defined __sparc_v9__)
+#if !(defined __sparc__ && !defined __arch64__ && !defined __sparc_v9__)
 # define __ASSUME_REQUEUE_PI	1
 #endif
 
 /* Support for F_GETOWN_EX was introduced in 2.6.32.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020620
-# define __ASSUME_F_GETOWN_EX	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_F_GETOWN_EX	1
 
 /* Support for recvmmsg functionality was added in 2.6.33.  The macros
    defined correspond to those for accept4.  */
@@ -308,6 +262,4 @@
 
 /* 2.6.29 removed the XFS restricted_chown sysctl, so it is pointless looking
    for it in newer kernels.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061d
-# define __ASSUME_XFS_RESTRICTED_CHOWN 1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_XFS_RESTRICTED_CHOWN 1
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h
index bc340bd..e47fd3b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h
@@ -24,19 +24,15 @@
 #define __ASSUME_UTIMES	1
 
 /* Support for various CLOEXEC and NONBLOCK flags was added 2.6.23.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020617
-# define __ASSUME_O_CLOEXEC	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_O_CLOEXEC	1
 
 /* Support for various CLOEXEC and NONBLOCK flags was added in 2.6.27.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061b
-# define __ASSUME_SOCK_CLOEXEC	1
-# define __ASSUME_IN_NONBLOCK	1
-# define __ASSUME_PIPE2		1
-# define __ASSUME_EVENTFD2	1
-# define __ASSUME_SIGNALFD4	1
-# define __ASSUME_DUP3		1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_SOCK_CLOEXEC	1
+#define __ASSUME_IN_NONBLOCK	1
+#define __ASSUME_PIPE2		1
+#define __ASSUME_EVENTFD2	1
+#define __ASSUME_SIGNALFD4	1
+#define __ASSUME_DUP3		1
 
 #include_next <kernel-features.h>
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h
index 19d3cba..a1ebf79 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h
@@ -26,15 +26,11 @@
 #define __ASSUME_UTIMES		1
 
 /* Support for the eventfd2 and signalfd4 syscalls was added in 2.6.27.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061c
-# define __ASSUME_EVENTFD2	1
-# define __ASSUME_SIGNALFD4	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_EVENTFD2	1
+#define __ASSUME_SIGNALFD4	1
 
 /* Support for the accept4 syscall was added in 2.6.31.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061f
-# define __ASSUME_ACCEPT4_SYSCALL	1
-#endif
+#define __ASSUME_ACCEPT4_SYSCALL	1
 
 /* Support for the recvmmsg syscall was added in 2.6.33.  */
 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020621
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c
index e3e2fba..25208cd 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c
@@ -88,15 +88,9 @@ __sysconf (int name)
       return HAS_CPUCLOCK (name);
 
     case _SC_ARG_MAX:
-#if !__ASSUME_ARG_MAX_STACK_BASED
-      /* Determine whether this is a kernel with an argument limit
-	 determined by the stack size.  */
-      if (GLRO(dl_discover_osversion) ()
-	  >= __LINUX_ARG_MAX_STACK_BASED_MIN_KERNEL)
-#endif
-	/* Use getrlimit to get the stack limit.  */
-	if (__getrlimit (RLIMIT_STACK, &rlimit) == 0)
-	  return MAX (legacy_ARG_MAX, rlimit.rlim_cur / 4);
+      /* Use getrlimit to get the stack limit.  */
+      if (__getrlimit (RLIMIT_STACK, &rlimit) == 0)
+	return MAX (legacy_ARG_MAX, rlimit.rlim_cur / 4);
 
       return legacy_ARG_MAX;
 
