diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smccc-call.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/smccc-call.S
index 487381164ff6b6e23abd5ec9fe26bb883cae0782..2def9d0dd3ddba0cfe484738f7d89c4770f4eb73 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smccc-call.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smccc-call.S
@@ -7,48 +7,19 @@
 
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
-#include <asm/thread_info.h>
-
-/*
- * If we have SMCCC v1.3 and (as is likely) no SVE state in
- * the registers then set the SMCCC hint bit to say there's no
- * need to preserve it.  Do this by directly adjusting the SMCCC
- * function value which is already stored in x0 ready to be called.
- */
-SYM_FUNC_START(__arm_smccc_sve_check)
-
-	ldr_l	x16, smccc_has_sve_hint
-	cbz	x16, 2f
-
-	get_current_task x16
-	ldr	x16, [x16, #TSK_TI_FLAGS]
-	tbnz	x16, #TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE, 1f	// Any live FP state?
-	tbnz	x16, #TIF_SVE, 2f		// Does that state include SVE?
-
-1:	orr	x0, x0, ARM_SMCCC_1_3_SVE_HINT
-
-2:	ret
-SYM_FUNC_END(__arm_smccc_sve_check)
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__arm_smccc_sve_check)
 
 	.macro SMCCC instr
-	stp     x29, x30, [sp, #-16]!
-	mov	x29, sp
-alternative_if ARM64_SVE
-	bl	__arm_smccc_sve_check
-alternative_else_nop_endif
 	\instr	#0
-	ldr	x4, [sp, #16]
+	ldr	x4, [sp]
 	stp	x0, x1, [x4, #ARM_SMCCC_RES_X0_OFFS]
 	stp	x2, x3, [x4, #ARM_SMCCC_RES_X2_OFFS]
-	ldr	x4, [sp, #24]
+	ldr	x4, [sp, #8]
 	cbz	x4, 1f /* no quirk structure */
 	ldr	x9, [x4, #ARM_SMCCC_QUIRK_ID_OFFS]
 	cmp	x9, #ARM_SMCCC_QUIRK_QCOM_A6
 	b.ne	1f
 	str	x6, [x4, ARM_SMCCC_QUIRK_STATE_OFFS]
-1:	ldp     x29, x30, [sp], #16
-	ret
+1:	ret
 	.endm
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/smccc/smccc.c b/drivers/firmware/smccc/smccc.c
index db818f9dcb8ee7d8183eacd1a7837e1b341f9039..105cc7d9f4c352a9312c878a389acd83804f4301 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/smccc/smccc.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/smccc/smccc.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ static u32 smccc_version = ARM_SMCCC_VERSION_1_0;
 static enum arm_smccc_conduit smccc_conduit = SMCCC_CONDUIT_NONE;
 
 bool __ro_after_init smccc_trng_available = false;
-u64 __ro_after_init smccc_has_sve_hint = false;
 s32 __ro_after_init smccc_soc_id_version = SMCCC_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 s32 __ro_after_init smccc_soc_id_revision = SMCCC_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
@@ -28,9 +27,6 @@ void __init arm_smccc_version_init(u32 version, enum arm_smccc_conduit conduit)
 	smccc_conduit = conduit;
 
 	smccc_trng_available = smccc_probe_trng();
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_SVE) &&
-	    smccc_version >= ARM_SMCCC_VERSION_1_3)
-		smccc_has_sve_hint = true;
 
 	if ((smccc_version >= ARM_SMCCC_VERSION_1_2) &&
 	    (smccc_conduit != SMCCC_CONDUIT_NONE)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/arm-smccc.h b/include/linux/arm-smccc.h
index f196c19f8e55c48a58b552649f9309ee686015a5..2d1d02eac500c661df94af683d61aba649130a44 100644
--- a/include/linux/arm-smccc.h
+++ b/include/linux/arm-smccc.h
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ u32 arm_smccc_get_version(void);
 
 void __init arm_smccc_version_init(u32 version, enum arm_smccc_conduit conduit);
 
-extern u64 smccc_has_sve_hint;
-
 /**
  * arm_smccc_get_soc_id_version()
  *
@@ -323,15 +321,6 @@ struct arm_smccc_quirk {
 	} state;
 };
 
-/**
- * __arm_smccc_sve_check() - Set the SVE hint bit when doing SMC calls
- *
- * Sets the SMCCC hint bit to indicate if there is live state in the SVE
- * registers, this modifies x0 in place and should never be called from C
- * code.
- */
-asmlinkage unsigned long __arm_smccc_sve_check(unsigned long x0);
-
 /**
  * __arm_smccc_smc() - make SMC calls
  * @a0-a7: arguments passed in registers 0 to 7
@@ -399,20 +388,6 @@ asmlinkage void __arm_smccc_hvc(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
 
 #endif
 
-/* nVHE hypervisor doesn't have a current thread so needs separate checks */
-#if defined(CONFIG_ARM64_SVE) && !defined(__KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__)
-
-#define SMCCC_SVE_CHECK ALTERNATIVE("nop \n",  "bl __arm_smccc_sve_check \n", \
-				    ARM64_SVE)
-#define smccc_sve_clobbers "x16", "x30", "cc",
-
-#else
-
-#define SMCCC_SVE_CHECK
-#define smccc_sve_clobbers
-
-#endif
-
 #define ___count_args(_0, _1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7, _8, x, ...) x
 
 #define __count_args(...)						\
@@ -480,7 +455,7 @@ asmlinkage void __arm_smccc_hvc(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
 
 #define ___constraints(count)						\
 	: __constraint_read_ ## count					\
-	: smccc_sve_clobbers "memory"
+	: "memory"
 #define __constraints(count)	___constraints(count)
 
 /*
@@ -495,8 +470,7 @@ asmlinkage void __arm_smccc_hvc(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
 		register unsigned long r2 asm("r2");			\
 		register unsigned long r3 asm("r3"); 			\
 		__declare_args(__count_args(__VA_ARGS__), __VA_ARGS__);	\
-		asm volatile(SMCCC_SVE_CHECK				\
-			     inst "\n" :				\
+		asm volatile(inst "\n" :				\
 			     "=r" (r0), "=r" (r1), "=r" (r2), "=r" (r3)	\
 			     __constraints(__count_args(__VA_ARGS__)));	\
 		if (___res)						\