diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index a09fc37ead9d47446eb1b289a24c82c85c8c106d..5e5b9fc2747ff3594b45576134bdb24dfb654f55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		error = vm_mmap(bprm->file, N_TXTADDR(ex), ex.a_text,
 				PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC,
 				MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE |
-				MAP_EXECUTABLE | MAP_32BIT,
+				MAP_32BIT,
 				fd_offset);
 
 		if (error != N_TXTADDR(ex))
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		error = vm_mmap(bprm->file, N_DATADDR(ex), ex.a_data,
 				PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
 				MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE |
-				MAP_EXECUTABLE | MAP_32BIT,
+				MAP_32BIT,
 				fd_offset + ex.a_text);
 		if (error != N_DATADDR(ex))
 			return error;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index 3e84e9bb908405eb61070b9040e66d9fe4339842..145917f734feb38d65aea1f88f5bacca27662059 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 
 		error = vm_mmap(bprm->file, N_TXTADDR(ex), ex.a_text,
 			PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC,
-			MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE | MAP_EXECUTABLE,
+			MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE,
 			fd_offset);
 
 		if (error != N_TXTADDR(ex))
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 
 		error = vm_mmap(bprm->file, N_DATADDR(ex), ex.a_data,
 				PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
-				MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE | MAP_EXECUTABLE,
+				MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE,
 				fd_offset + ex.a_text);
 		if (error != N_DATADDR(ex))
 			return error;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 187b3f2b9202a6145e57916cfa50d950579f4752..baf8f91776f4f34a4ad027cd152143216f08a046 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		elf_prot = make_prot(elf_ppnt->p_flags, &arch_state,
 				     !!interpreter, false);
 
-		elf_flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE | MAP_EXECUTABLE;
+		elf_flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE;
 
 		vaddr = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr;
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 2c99b102c8600ab0fa041f84c49b000b5dcda04d..39fa1b0307e1b84c74e2e5b8186c625a7c35d3ed 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_map_file_constdisp_on_uclinux(
 {
 	struct elf32_fdpic_loadseg *seg;
 	struct elf32_phdr *phdr;
-	unsigned long load_addr, base = ULONG_MAX, top = 0, maddr = 0, mflags;
+	unsigned long load_addr, base = ULONG_MAX, top = 0, maddr = 0;
 	int loop, ret;
 
 	load_addr = params->load_addr;
@@ -948,12 +948,8 @@ static int elf_fdpic_map_file_constdisp_on_uclinux(
 	}
 
 	/* allocate one big anon block for everything */
-	mflags = MAP_PRIVATE;
-	if (params->flags & ELF_FDPIC_FLAG_EXECUTABLE)
-		mflags |= MAP_EXECUTABLE;
-
 	maddr = vm_mmap(NULL, load_addr, top - base,
-			PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC, mflags, 0);
+			PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(maddr))
 		return (int) maddr;
 
@@ -1046,9 +1042,6 @@ static int elf_fdpic_map_file_by_direct_mmap(struct elf_fdpic_params *params,
 		if (phdr->p_flags & PF_X) prot |= PROT_EXEC;
 
 		flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE;
-		if (params->flags & ELF_FDPIC_FLAG_EXECUTABLE)
-			flags |= MAP_EXECUTABLE;
-
 		maddr = 0;
 
 		switch (params->flags & ELF_FDPIC_FLAG_ARRANGEMENT) {
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index a1072c6a234143b0b50156820749e9213a0389c3..5d776f80ee50c22ae3eafe48bfaac144c6dae9cf 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		pr_debug("ROM mapping of file (we hope)\n");
 
 		textpos = vm_mmap(bprm->file, 0, text_len, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
-				  MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_EXECUTABLE, 0);
+				  MAP_PRIVATE, 0);
 		if (!textpos || IS_ERR_VALUE(textpos)) {
 			ret = textpos;
 			if (!textpos)