diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeinit.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeinit.c
index 9037f17c9608..7842700346a4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeinit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeinit.c
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ acpi_status acpi_ev_gpe_initialize(void)
 		/* GPE block 0 exists (has both length and address > 0) */
 
 		register_count0 = (u16)(acpi_gbl_FADT.gpe0_block_length / 2);
-
 		gpe_number_max =
 		    (register_count0 * ACPI_GPE_REGISTER_WIDTH) - 1;
 
@@ -204,16 +203,6 @@ acpi_status acpi_ev_gpe_initialize(void)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	/* Check for Max GPE number out-of-range */
-
-	if (gpe_number_max > ACPI_GPE_MAX) {
-		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
-			    "Maximum GPE number from FADT is too large: 0x%X",
-			    gpe_number_max));
-		status = AE_BAD_VALUE;
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
-
       cleanup:
 	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 22b03c9286e9..787a977ece9d 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -668,13 +668,6 @@ typedef u32 acpi_event_status;
 #define ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_SET             (acpi_event_status) 0x04
 #define ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE		(acpi_event_status) 0x08
 
-/*
- * General Purpose Events (GPE)
- */
-#define ACPI_GPE_INVALID                0xFF
-#define ACPI_GPE_MAX                    0xFF
-#define ACPI_NUM_GPE                    256
-
 /* Actions for acpi_set_gpe, acpi_gpe_wakeup, acpi_hw_low_set_gpe */
 
 #define ACPI_GPE_ENABLE                 0