diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
index 3be3b266be41..70cb68bed2e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ stall the CPU for an extended period, you should also not attempt to
 implement direct_access.
 
 These block devices may be used for inspiration:
-- axonram: Axon DDR2 device driver
 - brd: RAM backed block device driver
 - dcssblk: s390 dcss block device driver
 - pmem: NVDIMM persistent memory driver
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
index 4fd64d3f5c44..7a05658f7637 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
@@ -292,17 +292,6 @@ config CPM2
 	  you wish to build a kernel for a machine with a CPM2 coprocessor
 	  on it (826x, 827x, 8560).
 
-config AXON_RAM
-	tristate "Axon DDR2 memory device driver"
-	depends on PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE && BLOCK
-	select DAX
-	default m
-	help
-	  It registers one block device per Axon's DDR2 memory bank found
-	  on a system. Block devices are called axonram?, their major and
-	  minor numbers are available in /proc/devices, /proc/partitions or
-	  in /sys/block/axonram?/dev.
-
 config FSL_ULI1575
 	bool
 	default n
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/Makefile
index 79416fa2e3ba..3d6d4f8b30c2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ mv64x60-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= mv64x60_pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MV64X60)		+= $(mv64x60-y) mv64x60_pic.o mv64x60_dev.o \
 				   mv64x60_udbg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS)	+= rtc_cmos_setup.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_AXON_RAM)		+= axonram.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_INDIRECT_PCI)	+= indirect_pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_I8259)		+= i8259.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b307c80b401..000000000000
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,383 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) Copyright IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH 2006
- *
- * Author: Maxim Shchetynin <maxim@de.ibm.com>
- *
- * Axon DDR2 device driver.
- * It registers one block device per Axon's DDR2 memory bank found on a system.
- * Block devices are called axonram?, their major and minor numbers are
- * available in /proc/devices, /proc/partitions or in /sys/block/axonram?/dev.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- * any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- */
-
-#include <linux/bio.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/dax.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/genhd.h>
-#include <linux/interrupt.h>
-#include <linux/io.h>
-#include <linux/ioport.h>
-#include <linux/irq.h>
-#include <linux/irqreturn.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/of_device.h>
-#include <linux/of_platform.h>
-#include <linux/pfn_t.h>
-#include <linux/uio.h>
-
-#include <asm/page.h>
-#include <asm/prom.h>
-
-#define AXON_RAM_MODULE_NAME		"axonram"
-#define AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME		"axonram"
-#define AXON_RAM_MINORS_PER_DISK	16
-#define AXON_RAM_BLOCK_SHIFT		PAGE_SHIFT
-#define AXON_RAM_BLOCK_SIZE		1 << AXON_RAM_BLOCK_SHIFT
-#define AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SHIFT		9
-#define AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SIZE		1 << AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SHIFT
-#define AXON_RAM_IRQ_FLAGS		IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING
-
-static int azfs_major, azfs_minor;
-
-struct axon_ram_bank {
-	struct platform_device	*device;
-	struct gendisk		*disk;
-	struct dax_device	*dax_dev;
-	unsigned int		irq_id;
-	unsigned long		ph_addr;
-	unsigned long		io_addr;
-	unsigned long		size;
-	unsigned long		ecc_counter;
-};
-
-static ssize_t
-axon_ram_sysfs_ecc(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	struct platform_device *device = to_platform_device(dev);
-	struct axon_ram_bank *bank = device->dev.platform_data;
-
-	BUG_ON(!bank);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", bank->ecc_counter);
-}
-
-static DEVICE_ATTR(ecc, S_IRUGO, axon_ram_sysfs_ecc, NULL);
-
-/**
- * axon_ram_irq_handler - interrupt handler for Axon RAM ECC
- * @irq: interrupt ID
- * @dev: pointer to of_device
- */
-static irqreturn_t
-axon_ram_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev)
-{
-	struct platform_device *device = dev;
-	struct axon_ram_bank *bank = device->dev.platform_data;
-
-	BUG_ON(!bank);
-
-	dev_err(&device->dev, "Correctable memory error occurred\n");
-	bank->ecc_counter++;
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
-}
-
-/**
- * axon_ram_make_request - make_request() method for block device
- * @queue, @bio: see blk_queue_make_request()
- */
-static blk_qc_t
-axon_ram_make_request(struct request_queue *queue, struct bio *bio)
-{
-	struct axon_ram_bank *bank = bio->bi_disk->private_data;
-	unsigned long phys_mem, phys_end;
-	void *user_mem;
-	struct bio_vec vec;
-	unsigned int transfered;
-	struct bvec_iter iter;
-
-	phys_mem = bank->io_addr + (bio->bi_iter.bi_sector <<
-				    AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SHIFT);
-	phys_end = bank->io_addr + bank->size;
-	transfered = 0;
-	bio_for_each_segment(vec, bio, iter) {
-		if (unlikely(phys_mem + vec.bv_len > phys_end)) {
-			bio_io_error(bio);
-			return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
-		}
-
-		user_mem = page_address(vec.bv_page) + vec.bv_offset;
-		if (bio_data_dir(bio) == READ)
-			memcpy(user_mem, (void *) phys_mem, vec.bv_len);
-		else
-			memcpy((void *) phys_mem, user_mem, vec.bv_len);
-
-		phys_mem += vec.bv_len;
-		transfered += vec.bv_len;
-	}
-	bio_endio(bio);
-	return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
-}
-
-static const struct block_device_operations axon_ram_devops = {
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
-};
-
-static long
-__axon_ram_direct_access(struct axon_ram_bank *bank, pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages,
-		       void **kaddr, pfn_t *pfn)
-{
-	resource_size_t offset = pgoff * PAGE_SIZE;
-
-	*kaddr = (void *) bank->io_addr + offset;
-	*pfn = phys_to_pfn_t(bank->ph_addr + offset, PFN_DEV);
-	return (bank->size - offset) / PAGE_SIZE;
-}
-
-static long
-axon_ram_dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages,
-		       void **kaddr, pfn_t *pfn)
-{
-	struct axon_ram_bank *bank = dax_get_private(dax_dev);
-
-	return __axon_ram_direct_access(bank, pgoff, nr_pages, kaddr, pfn);
-}
-
-static size_t axon_ram_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
-		void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
-{
-	return copy_from_iter(addr, bytes, i);
-}
-
-static const struct dax_operations axon_ram_dax_ops = {
-	.direct_access = axon_ram_dax_direct_access,
-	.copy_from_iter = axon_ram_copy_from_iter,
-};
-
-/**
- * axon_ram_probe - probe() method for platform driver
- * @device: see platform_driver method
- */
-static int axon_ram_probe(struct platform_device *device)
-{
-	static int axon_ram_bank_id = -1;
-	struct axon_ram_bank *bank;
-	struct resource resource;
-	int rc;
-
-	axon_ram_bank_id++;
-
-	dev_info(&device->dev, "Found memory controller on %pOF\n",
-			device->dev.of_node);
-
-	bank = kzalloc(sizeof(*bank), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!bank)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	device->dev.platform_data = bank;
-
-	bank->device = device;
-
-	if (of_address_to_resource(device->dev.of_node, 0, &resource) != 0) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "Cannot access device tree\n");
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	bank->size = resource_size(&resource);
-
-	if (bank->size == 0) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "No DDR2 memory found for %s%d\n",
-				AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME, axon_ram_bank_id);
-		rc = -ENODEV;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	dev_info(&device->dev, "Register DDR2 memory device %s%d with %luMB\n",
-			AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME, axon_ram_bank_id, bank->size >> 20);
-
-	bank->ph_addr = resource.start;
-	bank->io_addr = (unsigned long) ioremap_prot(
-			bank->ph_addr, bank->size, _PAGE_NO_CACHE);
-	if (bank->io_addr == 0) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "ioremap() failed\n");
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	bank->disk = alloc_disk(AXON_RAM_MINORS_PER_DISK);
-	if (bank->disk == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "Cannot register disk\n");
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-
-	bank->disk->major = azfs_major;
-	bank->disk->first_minor = azfs_minor;
-	bank->disk->fops = &axon_ram_devops;
-	bank->disk->private_data = bank;
-
-	sprintf(bank->disk->disk_name, "%s%d",
-			AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME, axon_ram_bank_id);
-
-	bank->dax_dev = alloc_dax(bank, bank->disk->disk_name,
-			&axon_ram_dax_ops);
-	if (!bank->dax_dev) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	bank->disk->queue = blk_alloc_queue(GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (bank->disk->queue == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "Cannot register disk queue\n");
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	set_capacity(bank->disk, bank->size >> AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SHIFT);
-	blk_queue_make_request(bank->disk->queue, axon_ram_make_request);
-	blk_queue_logical_block_size(bank->disk->queue, AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SIZE);
-	device_add_disk(&device->dev, bank->disk);
-
-	bank->irq_id = irq_of_parse_and_map(device->dev.of_node, 0);
-	if (!bank->irq_id) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "Cannot access ECC interrupt ID\n");
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	rc = request_irq(bank->irq_id, axon_ram_irq_handler,
-			AXON_RAM_IRQ_FLAGS, bank->disk->disk_name, device);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "Cannot register ECC interrupt handler\n");
-		bank->irq_id = 0;
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	rc = device_create_file(&device->dev, &dev_attr_ecc);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "Cannot create sysfs file\n");
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	azfs_minor += bank->disk->minors;
-
-	return 0;
-
-failed:
-	if (bank->irq_id)
-		free_irq(bank->irq_id, device);
-	if (bank->disk != NULL) {
-		if (bank->disk->major > 0)
-			unregister_blkdev(bank->disk->major,
-					bank->disk->disk_name);
-		if (bank->disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP)
-			del_gendisk(bank->disk);
-		put_disk(bank->disk);
-	}
-	kill_dax(bank->dax_dev);
-	put_dax(bank->dax_dev);
-	device->dev.platform_data = NULL;
-	if (bank->io_addr != 0)
-		iounmap((void __iomem *) bank->io_addr);
-	kfree(bank);
-	return rc;
-}
-
-/**
- * axon_ram_remove - remove() method for platform driver
- * @device: see of_platform_driver method
- */
-static int
-axon_ram_remove(struct platform_device *device)
-{
-	struct axon_ram_bank *bank = device->dev.platform_data;
-
-	BUG_ON(!bank || !bank->disk);
-
-	device_remove_file(&device->dev, &dev_attr_ecc);
-	free_irq(bank->irq_id, device);
-	kill_dax(bank->dax_dev);
-	put_dax(bank->dax_dev);
-	del_gendisk(bank->disk);
-	put_disk(bank->disk);
-	iounmap((void __iomem *) bank->io_addr);
-	kfree(bank);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const struct of_device_id axon_ram_device_id[] = {
-	{
-		.type	= "dma-memory"
-	},
-	{}
-};
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, axon_ram_device_id);
-
-static struct platform_driver axon_ram_driver = {
-	.probe		= axon_ram_probe,
-	.remove		= axon_ram_remove,
-	.driver = {
-		.name = AXON_RAM_MODULE_NAME,
-		.of_match_table = axon_ram_device_id,
-	},
-};
-
-/**
- * axon_ram_init
- */
-static int __init
-axon_ram_init(void)
-{
-	azfs_major = register_blkdev(azfs_major, AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME);
-	if (azfs_major < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s cannot become block device major number\n",
-				AXON_RAM_MODULE_NAME);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	azfs_minor = 0;
-
-	return platform_driver_register(&axon_ram_driver);
-}
-
-/**
- * axon_ram_exit
- */
-static void __exit
-axon_ram_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&axon_ram_driver);
-	unregister_blkdev(azfs_major, AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME);
-}
-
-module_init(axon_ram_init);
-module_exit(axon_ram_exit);
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Maxim Shchetynin <maxim@de.ibm.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Axon DDR2 RAM device driver for IBM Cell BE");
