diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 130569f90c54ae..0fd4c1be4f645e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 1995-2001 by Russell King
 
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:=--no-undefined -X
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds = -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE), y)
 # Pass --no-apply-dynamic-relocs to restore pre-binutils-2.27 behaviour
@@ -132,9 +131,6 @@ endif
 # Default value
 head-y		:= arch/arm64/kernel/head.o
 
-# The byte offset of the kernel image in RAM from the start of RAM.
-TEXT_OFFSET := 0x0
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS), y)
 KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT := 4
 else
@@ -145,8 +141,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DKASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT=$(KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DKASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT=$(KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -DKASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT=$(KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT)
 
-export	TEXT_OFFSET
-
 core-y		+= arch/arm64/
 libs-y		:= arch/arm64/lib/ $(libs-y)
 libs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/boot.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/boot.h
index c7f67da13cd99a..3e7943fd17a445 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/boot.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/boot.h
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 #define MAX_FDT_SIZE		SZ_2M
 
 /*
- * arm64 requires the kernel image to placed
- * TEXT_OFFSET bytes beyond a 2 MB aligned base
+ * arm64 requires the kernel image to placed at a 2 MB aligned base address
  */
 #define MIN_KIMG_ALIGN		SZ_2M
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h
index 329fb15f6bac33..19ca76ea60d98a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 			+ EARLY_PGDS((vstart), (vend)) 	/* each PGDIR needs a next level page table */	\
 			+ EARLY_PUDS((vstart), (vend))	/* each PUD needs a next level page table */	\
 			+ EARLY_PMDS((vstart), (vend)))	/* each PMD needs a next level page table */
-#define INIT_DIR_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE * EARLY_PAGES(KIMAGE_VADDR + TEXT_OFFSET, _end))
+#define INIT_DIR_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE * EARLY_PAGES(KIMAGE_VADDR, _end))
 #define IDMAP_DIR_SIZE		(IDMAP_PGTABLE_LEVELS * PAGE_SIZE)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
index afa722504bfde9..20a9b322d342c6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ extern s64			memstart_addr;
 /* PHYS_OFFSET - the physical address of the start of memory. */
 #define PHYS_OFFSET		({ VM_BUG_ON(memstart_addr & 1); memstart_addr; })
 
-/* the virtual base of the kernel image (minus TEXT_OFFSET) */
+/* the virtual base of the kernel image */
 extern u64			kimage_vaddr;
 
 /* the offset between the kernel virtual and physical mappings */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index a561cbb91d4dc5..4197ef2fb22eb5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # Makefile for the linux kernel.
 #
 
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds	:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
-AFLAGS_head.o		:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 CFLAGS_armv8_deprecated.o := -I$(src)
 
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 037421c66b147c..d8d9caf02834e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -36,14 +36,10 @@
 
 #include "efi-header.S"
 
-#define __PHYS_OFFSET	(KERNEL_START - TEXT_OFFSET)
+#define __PHYS_OFFSET	KERNEL_START
 
-#if (TEXT_OFFSET & 0xfff) != 0
-#error TEXT_OFFSET must be at least 4KB aligned
-#elif (PAGE_OFFSET & 0x1fffff) != 0
+#if (PAGE_OFFSET & 0x1fffff) != 0
 #error PAGE_OFFSET must be at least 2MB aligned
-#elif TEXT_OFFSET > 0x1fffff
-#error TEXT_OFFSET must be less than 2MB
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -55,7 +51,7 @@
  *   x0 = physical address to the FDT blob.
  *
  * This code is mostly position independent so you call this at
- * __pa(PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET).
+ * __pa(PAGE_OFFSET).
  *
  * Note that the callee-saved registers are used for storing variables
  * that are useful before the MMU is enabled. The allocations are described
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ _head:
 	b	primary_entry			// branch to kernel start, magic
 	.long	0				// reserved
 #endif
-	le64sym	_kernel_offset_le		// Image load offset from start of RAM, little-endian
+	.quad	0				// Image load offset from start of RAM, little-endian
 	le64sym	_kernel_size_le			// Effective size of kernel image, little-endian
 	le64sym	_kernel_flags_le		// Informative flags, little-endian
 	.quad	0				// reserved
@@ -382,7 +378,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__create_page_tables)
 	 * Map the kernel image (starting with PHYS_OFFSET).
 	 */
 	adrp	x0, init_pg_dir
-	mov_q	x5, KIMAGE_VADDR + TEXT_OFFSET	// compile time __va(_text)
+	mov_q	x5, KIMAGE_VADDR		// compile time __va(_text)
 	add	x5, x5, x23			// add KASLR displacement
 	mov	x4, PTRS_PER_PGD
 	adrp	x6, _end			// runtime __pa(_end)
@@ -474,7 +470,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__primary_switched)
 
 	.pushsection ".rodata", "a"
 SYM_DATA_START(kimage_vaddr)
-	.quad		_text - TEXT_OFFSET
+	.quad		_text
 SYM_DATA_END(kimage_vaddr)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_vaddr)
 	.popsection
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h
index c7d38c660372c4..7bc3ba89790191 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
  */
 #define HEAD_SYMBOLS						\
 	DEFINE_IMAGE_LE64(_kernel_size_le, _end - _text);	\
-	DEFINE_IMAGE_LE64(_kernel_offset_le, TEXT_OFFSET);	\
 	DEFINE_IMAGE_LE64(_kernel_flags_le, __HEAD_FLAGS);
 
 #endif /* __ARM64_KERNEL_IMAGE_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7cba7623fcec75..82801d98a2b70d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.eh_frame)
 	}
 
-	. = KIMAGE_VADDR + TEXT_OFFSET;
+	. = KIMAGE_VADDR;
 
 	.head.text : {
 		_text = .;
@@ -274,4 +274,4 @@ ASSERT((__entry_tramp_text_end - __entry_tramp_text_start) == PAGE_SIZE,
 /*
  * If padding is applied before .head.text, virt<->phys conversions will fail.
  */
-ASSERT(_text == (KIMAGE_VADDR + TEXT_OFFSET), "HEAD is misaligned")
+ASSERT(_text == KIMAGE_VADDR, "HEAD is misaligned")
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
index 296b18fbd7a2d6..5a80cf6bd60666 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_ARM)		+= arm32-stub.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_ARM64)		+= arm64-stub.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_X86)		+= x86-stub.o
 CFLAGS_arm32-stub.o		:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
-CFLAGS_arm64-stub.o		:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 
 #
 # For x86, bootloaders like systemd-boot or grub-efi do not zero-initialize the
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
index e5bfac79e5ac97..fc178398f1acd2 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr,
 
 	kernel_size = _edata - _text;
 	kernel_memsize = kernel_size + (_end - _edata);
-	*reserve_size = kernel_memsize + TEXT_OFFSET % min_kimg_align();
+	*reserve_size = kernel_memsize;
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE) && phys_seed != 0) {
 		/*
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr,
 	}
 
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		if (IS_ALIGNED((u64)_text - TEXT_OFFSET, min_kimg_align())) {
+		if (IS_ALIGNED((u64)_text, min_kimg_align())) {
 			/*
 			 * Just execute from wherever we were loaded by the
 			 * UEFI PE/COFF loader if the alignment is suitable.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr,
 		}
 	}
 
-	*image_addr = *reserve_addr + TEXT_OFFSET % min_kimg_align();
+	*image_addr = *reserve_addr;
 	memcpy((void *)*image_addr, _text, kernel_size);
 
 	return EFI_SUCCESS;