diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/multi_v5_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/multi_v5_defconfig
index 7eab9fb9ffc4..a0d2fb2fcf9a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/multi_v5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/multi_v5_defconfig
@@ -22,17 +22,8 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_NPCM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_WPCM450=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_ORION5X=y
 CONFIG_MACH_RD88F5182_DT=y
-CONFIG_MACH_KUROBOX_PRO=y
-CONFIG_MACH_DNS323=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS209=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TERASTATION_PRO2=y
-CONFIG_MACH_LINKSTATION_PRO=y
 CONFIG_MACH_LINKSTATION_MINI=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS409=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS78XX=y
-CONFIG_MACH_MV2120=y
 CONFIG_MACH_D2NET_DT=y
-CONFIG_MACH_NET2BIG=y
 CONFIG_MACH_MSS2_DT=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_VERSATILE=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/mvebu_v5_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/mvebu_v5_defconfig
index 0709a5e66bb5..dbc6c511e70b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/mvebu_v5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/mvebu_v5_defconfig
@@ -10,17 +10,8 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU=y
 CONFIG_MACH_KIRKWOOD=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_ORION5X=y
 CONFIG_MACH_RD88F5182_DT=y
-CONFIG_MACH_KUROBOX_PRO=y
-CONFIG_MACH_DNS323=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS209=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TERASTATION_PRO2=y
-CONFIG_MACH_LINKSTATION_PRO=y
 CONFIG_MACH_LINKSTATION_MINI=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS409=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS78XX=y
-CONFIG_MACH_MV2120=y
 CONFIG_MACH_D2NET_DT=y
-CONFIG_MACH_NET2BIG=y
 CONFIG_MACH_MSS2_DT=y
 CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig
index d658d5e04e2d..f47a84ac872f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig
@@ -10,16 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V5=y
 # CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V7 is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH_ORION5X=y
 CONFIG_MACH_RD88F5182_DT=y
-CONFIG_MACH_KUROBOX_PRO=y
-CONFIG_MACH_DNS323=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS209=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TERASTATION_PRO2=y
-CONFIG_MACH_LINKSTATION_PRO=y
 CONFIG_MACH_LINKSTATION_MINI=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS409=y
-CONFIG_MACH_TS78XX=y
-CONFIG_MACH_MV2120=y
-CONFIG_MACH_NET2BIG=y
 CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB=y
 CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_VFP=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig
index cef19bea6164..c61999d01c80 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_ORION5X
 if ARCH_ORION5X
 
 config ARCH_ORION5X_DT
-	bool "Marvell Orion5x Flattened Device Tree"
+	def_bool y
 	select ORION_CLK
 	select ORION_IRQCHIP
 	select ORION_TIMER
@@ -38,37 +38,49 @@ config MACH_RD88F5182_DT
 	  Orion-NAS (88F5182) RD2, Flattened Device Tree.
 
 config MACH_KUROBOX_PRO
-	bool "KuroBox Pro"
+	bool "KuroBox Pro (DEPRECATED)"
 	select I2C_BOARDINFO if I2C
 	depends on ATAGS
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the
 	  KuroBox Pro platform.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_DNS323
-	bool "D-Link DNS-323"
+	bool "D-Link DNS-323 (DEPRECATED)"
 	select I2C_BOARDINFO if I2C
 	depends on ATAGS
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the
 	  D-Link DNS-323 platform.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_TS209
-	bool "QNAP TS-109/TS-209"
+	bool "QNAP TS-109/TS-209 (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the
 	  QNAP TS-109/TS-209 platform.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_TERASTATION_PRO2
-	bool "Buffalo Terastation Pro II/Live"
+	bool "Buffalo Terastation Pro II/Live (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the
 	  Buffalo Terastation Pro II/Live platform.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_LINKSTATION_PRO
-	bool "Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live"
+	bool "Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	select I2C_BOARDINFO if I2C
 	help
@@ -76,6 +88,9 @@ config MACH_LINKSTATION_PRO
 	  Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live platform. Both v1 and
 	  v2 devices are supported.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_LINKSTATION_MINI
 	bool "Buffalo Linkstation Mini (Flattened Device Tree)"
 	select ARCH_ORION5X_DT
@@ -84,26 +99,35 @@ config MACH_LINKSTATION_MINI
 	  Buffalo Linkstation Mini (LS-WSGL) platform.
 
 config MACH_TS409
-	bool "QNAP TS-409"
+	bool "QNAP TS-409 (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the
 	  QNAP TS-409 platform.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_TS78XX
-	bool "Technologic Systems TS-78xx"
+	bool "Technologic Systems TS-78xx (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the
 	  Technologic Systems TS-78xx platform.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_MV2120
-	bool "HP Media Vault mv2120"
+	bool "HP Media Vault mv2120 (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the
 	  HP Media Vault mv2120 or mv5100.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_D2NET_DT
 	bool "LaCie d2 Network / Big Disk Network (Flattened Device Tree)"
 	select ARCH_ORION5X_DT
@@ -112,13 +136,16 @@ config MACH_D2NET_DT
 	  LaCie d2 Network NAS.
 
 config MACH_NET2BIG
-	bool "LaCie 2Big Network"
+	bool "LaCie 2Big Network (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	select I2C_BOARDINFO if I2C
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' here if you want your kernel to support the
 	  LaCie 2Big Network NAS.
 
+	  Support for this machine will go away in early 2027,
+	  unless it gets converted to device tree.
+
 config MACH_MSS2_DT
 	bool "Maxtor Shared Storage II (Flattened Device Tree)"
 	select ARCH_ORION5X_DT