diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 6d84a02cfa5d..fc43f2703ae0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ static int memory_block_online(struct memory_block *mem)
 	unsigned long start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
 	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
 	unsigned long nr_vmemmap_pages = 0;
-	struct memory_notify arg;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -246,19 +245,9 @@ static int memory_block_online(struct memory_block *mem)
 	if (mem->altmap)
 		nr_vmemmap_pages = mem->altmap->free;
 
-	arg.altmap_start_pfn = start_pfn;
-	arg.altmap_nr_pages = nr_vmemmap_pages;
-	arg.start_pfn = start_pfn + nr_vmemmap_pages;
-	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages - nr_vmemmap_pages;
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
-	ret = memory_notify(MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE, &arg);
-	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_notifier;
-
 	if (nr_vmemmap_pages) {
-		ret = mhp_init_memmap_on_memory(start_pfn, nr_vmemmap_pages,
-						zone, mem->altmap->inaccessible);
+		ret = mhp_init_memmap_on_memory(start_pfn, nr_vmemmap_pages, zone);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -280,11 +269,7 @@ static int memory_block_online(struct memory_block *mem)
 					  nr_vmemmap_pages);
 
 	mem->zone = zone;
-	mem_hotplug_done();
-	return ret;
 out:
-	memory_notify(MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE, &arg);
-out_notifier:
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -297,7 +282,6 @@ static int memory_block_offline(struct memory_block *mem)
 	unsigned long start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
 	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
 	unsigned long nr_vmemmap_pages = 0;
-	struct memory_notify arg;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!mem->zone)
@@ -329,11 +313,6 @@ static int memory_block_offline(struct memory_block *mem)
 		mhp_deinit_memmap_on_memory(start_pfn, nr_vmemmap_pages);
 
 	mem->zone = NULL;
-	arg.altmap_start_pfn = start_pfn;
-	arg.altmap_nr_pages = nr_vmemmap_pages;
-	arg.start_pfn = start_pfn + nr_vmemmap_pages;
-	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages - nr_vmemmap_pages;
-	memory_notify(MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE, &arg);
 out:
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/memory.h b/include/linux/memory.h
index 0c214256216f..ba1515160894 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory.h
@@ -96,17 +96,8 @@ int set_memory_block_size_order(unsigned int order);
 #define	MEM_GOING_ONLINE	(1<<3)
 #define	MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE	(1<<4)
 #define	MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE	(1<<5)
-#define	MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE	(1<<6)
-#define	MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE	(1<<7)
 
 struct memory_notify {
-	/*
-	 * The altmap_start_pfn and altmap_nr_pages fields are designated for
-	 * specifying the altmap range and are exclusively intended for use in
-	 * MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE/MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE notifiers.
-	 */
-	unsigned long altmap_start_pfn;
-	unsigned long altmap_nr_pages;
 	unsigned long start_pfn;
 	unsigned long nr_pages;
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 23f038a16231..f2f16cdd73ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -58,22 +58,6 @@ typedef int __bitwise mhp_t;
  * implies the node id (nid).
  */
 #define MHP_NID_IS_MGID		((__force mhp_t)BIT(2))
-/*
- * The hotplugged memory is completely inaccessible while the memory is
- * offline. The memory provider will handle MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE /
- * MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE notifications and make the memory accessible.
- *
- * This flag is only relevant when used along with MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY,
- * because the altmap cannot be written (e.g., poisoned) when adding
- * memory -- before it is set online.
- *
- * This allows for adding memory with an altmap that is not currently
- * made available by a hypervisor. When onlining that memory, the
- * hypervisor can be instructed to make that memory available, and
- * the onlining phase will not require any memory allocations, which is
- * helpful in low-memory situations.
- */
-#define MHP_OFFLINE_INACCESSIBLE	((__force mhp_t)BIT(3))
 
 /*
  * Extended parameters for memory hotplug:
@@ -123,7 +107,7 @@ extern void adjust_present_page_count(struct page *page,
 				      long nr_pages);
 /* VM interface that may be used by firmware interface */
 extern int mhp_init_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
-				     struct zone *zone, bool mhp_off_inaccessible);
+				     struct zone *zone);
 extern void mhp_deinit_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 			struct zone *zone, struct memory_group *group);
diff --git a/include/linux/memremap.h b/include/linux/memremap.h
index e5951ba12a28..30c7aecbd245 100644
--- a/include/linux/memremap.h
+++ b/include/linux/memremap.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ struct vmem_altmap {
 	unsigned long free;
 	unsigned long align;
 	unsigned long alloc;
-	bool inaccessible;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 0be83039c3b5..238a6712738e 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ void adjust_present_page_count(struct page *page, struct memory_group *group,
 }
 
 int mhp_init_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
-			      struct zone *zone, bool mhp_off_inaccessible)
+			      struct zone *zone)
 {
 	unsigned long end_pfn = pfn + nr_pages;
 	int ret, i;
@@ -1097,15 +1097,6 @@ int mhp_init_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * Memory block is accessible at this stage and hence poison the struct
-	 * pages now.  If the memory block is accessible during memory hotplug
-	 * addition phase, then page poisining is already performed in
-	 * sparse_add_section().
-	 */
-	if (mhp_off_inaccessible)
-		page_init_poison(pfn_to_page(pfn), sizeof(struct page) * nr_pages);
-
 	move_pfn_range_to_zone(zone, pfn, nr_pages, NULL, MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE,
 			       false);
 
@@ -1444,7 +1435,7 @@ static void remove_memory_blocks_and_altmaps(u64 start, u64 size)
 }
 
 static int create_altmaps_and_memory_blocks(int nid, struct memory_group *group,
-					    u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags)
+					    u64 start, u64 size)
 {
 	unsigned long memblock_size = memory_block_size_bytes();
 	u64 cur_start;
@@ -1460,8 +1451,6 @@ static int create_altmaps_and_memory_blocks(int nid, struct memory_group *group,
 		};
 
 		mhp_altmap.free = memory_block_memmap_on_memory_pages();
-		if (mhp_flags & MHP_OFFLINE_INACCESSIBLE)
-			mhp_altmap.inaccessible = true;
 		params.altmap = kmemdup(&mhp_altmap, sizeof(struct vmem_altmap),
 					GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!params.altmap) {
@@ -1555,7 +1544,7 @@ int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, mhp_t mhp_flags)
 	 */
 	if ((mhp_flags & MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY) &&
 	    mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory()) {
-		ret = create_altmaps_and_memory_blocks(nid, group, start, size, mhp_flags);
+		ret = create_altmaps_and_memory_blocks(nid, group, start, size);
 		if (ret)
 			goto error;
 	} else {
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 17c50a6415c2..b5b2b6f7041b 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -951,8 +951,7 @@ int __meminit sparse_add_section(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	 * Poison uninitialized struct pages in order to catch invalid flags
 	 * combinations.
 	 */
-	if (!altmap || !altmap->inaccessible)
-		page_init_poison(memmap, sizeof(struct page) * nr_pages);
+	page_init_poison(memmap, sizeof(struct page) * nr_pages);
 
 	ms = __nr_to_section(section_nr);
 	set_section_nid(section_nr, nid);