diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/cpu.c b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/cpu.c
index e4f72d202cc04acc6b9e3e60261457052434871f..44d4c2e8207b1b06a368fbe30b99ecc75f726302 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/cpu.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ static int integrator_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 
 	/* set default policy and cpuinfo */
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 	policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = 160000;
 	policy->cpuinfo.min_freq = 12000;
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000000; /* 1 ms, assumed */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpufreq-pxa2xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpufreq-pxa2xx.c
index d82528e74bd0e3d27359169246da5e14e56828c9..1f272ea83f36e63c824822acc98ec388018d71ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpufreq-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpufreq-pxa2xx.c
@@ -335,9 +335,6 @@ static __init int pxa_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		pxa27x_guess_max_freq();
 
 	/* set default policy and cpuinfo */
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
-	if (cpu_is_pxa25x())
-		policy->policy = CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE;
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000; /* FIXME: 1 ms, assumed */
 	policy->cur = get_clk_frequency_khz(0);	   /* current freq */
 	policy->min = policy->max = policy->cur;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpufreq-pxa3xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpufreq-pxa3xx.c
index 1ea0c9c0adaf5a6b2825a8d2042ed93435dc216a..968c8309ec37226247d8c2604a332c2048f4225d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpufreq-pxa3xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpufreq-pxa3xx.c
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ static __init int pxa3xx_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	/* set default policy and cpuinfo */
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 	policy->cpuinfo.min_freq = 104000;
 	policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = (cpu_is_pxa320()) ? 806000 : 624000;
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000; /* FIXME: 1 ms, assumed */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/cpu-sa1100.c b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/cpu-sa1100.c
index f7fa03478efd9e7c203c72363696e8651209499d..244d5956312cfb106cf90e39a4863ba082943ac0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/cpu-sa1100.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/cpu-sa1100.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ static int __init sa1100_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (policy->cpu != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	policy->cur = policy->min = policy->max = sa11x0_getspeed(0);
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 	policy->cpuinfo.min_freq = 59000;
 	policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = 287000;
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
diff --git a/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/cpufreq.c b/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/cpufreq.c
index 5dd8d25428bfb7d6a48a084eee1d114d83efaeeb..d84efe4984ab82da6aaae2a6ca2c09d700016c80 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/cpufreq.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ static int __init at32_cpufreq_driver_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	policy->cur = at32_get_speed(0);
 	policy->min = policy->cpuinfo.min_freq;
 	policy->max = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 
 	printk("cpufreq: AT32AP CPU frequency driver\n");
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/cpufreq.c b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/cpufreq.c
index 75cdad291e889be2b3b1a761c6304d9308d46118..c22c47b601273771d71306bbfbb264a6c66b8605 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/cpufreq.c
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ static int __init __bfin_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 						 dpm_state_table[index].tscale);
 	}
 
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
-
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = (bfin_read_PLL_LOCKCNT() / (sclk / 1000000)) * 1000;
 	/*Now ,only support one cpu */
 	policy->cur = cclk;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-a3/cpufreq.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-a3/cpufreq.c
index 8e5a3cab8ad7f3dcfd3e48a3b5e48c98deab61d0..ee391ecb5bc9bb6e67f216ba265304ba791f6b13 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-a3/cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-a3/cpufreq.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ static int cris_freq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	int result;
 
 	/* cpuinfo and default policy values */
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000000; /* 1ms */
 	policy->cur = cris_freq_get_cpu_frequency(0);
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-fs/cpufreq.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-fs/cpufreq.c
index d57631c0d8d1c09bc35393cfa7b18019dd00116b..58bd71e5bda95415621819222665ba24a74e658e 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-fs/cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-fs/cpufreq.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ static int cris_freq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	int result;
 
 	/* cpuinfo and default policy values */
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000000;	/* 1ms */
 	policy->cur = cris_freq_get_cpu_frequency(0);
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/us3_cpufreq.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/us3_cpufreq.c
index 47e3acafb5be4c0f0786bbe12fd2b353334f4d92..365b6464e2ce20037e27af6023aa330ba6380612 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/us3_cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/us3_cpufreq.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ static int __init us3_freq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	table[3].index = 0;
 	table[3].frequency = CPUFREQ_TABLE_END;
 
-	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 0;
 	policy->cur = clock_tick;