diff --git a/drivers/net/Space.c b/drivers/net/Space.c
index 5637c2671415f6838e04d05b6f3a23f40c16804c..c6e51943caafece0871f107c82a2c3a7d6a4e698 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Space.c
+++ b/drivers/net/Space.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static struct devprobe2 isa_probes[] __initdata = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_EWRK3             /* DEC EtherWORKS 3 */
     	{ewrk3_probe, 0},
 #endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_APRICOT) || defined(CONFIG_MVME16x_NET) || defined(CONFIG_BVME6000_NET)	/* Intel I82596 */
+#if defined(CONFIG_MVME16x_NET) || defined(CONFIG_BVME6000_NET)	/* Intel I82596 */
 	{i82596_probe, 0},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EL1		/* 3c501 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c
index 6aa927af382c7bff2a0b1b0d96bca0e2026f30ae..1c54e229e3cc94ed8ff0eb630bd9acc70cb20a8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ static char version[] __initdata =
 #if defined(CONFIG_BVME6000_NET) || defined(CONFIG_BVME6000_NET_MODULE)
 #define ENABLE_BVME6000_NET
 #endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_APRICOT) || defined(CONFIG_APRICOT_MODULE)
-#define ENABLE_APRICOT
-#endif
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_MVME16x_NET
 #include <asm/mvme16xhw.h>
@@ -120,8 +117,15 @@ static char version[] __initdata =
 #define WSWAPtbd(x)  ((struct i596_tbd *) (((u32)(x)<<16) | ((((u32)(x)))>>16)))
 #define WSWAPchar(x) ((char *)            (((u32)(x)<<16) | ((((u32)(x)))>>16)))
 #define ISCP_BUSY	0x00010000
-#define MACH_IS_APRICOT	0
 #else
+#error 82596.c: unknown architecture
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * These were the intel versions, left here for reference. There
+ * are currently no x86 users of this legacy i82596 chip.
+ */
+#if 0
 #define WSWAPrfd(x)     ((struct i596_rfd *)((long)x))
 #define WSWAPrbd(x)     ((struct i596_rbd *)((long)x))
 #define WSWAPiscp(x)    ((struct i596_iscp *)((long)x))
@@ -130,7 +134,6 @@ static char version[] __initdata =
 #define WSWAPtbd(x)     ((struct i596_tbd *)((long)x))
 #define WSWAPchar(x)    ((char *)((long)x))
 #define ISCP_BUSY	0x0001
-#define MACH_IS_APRICOT	1
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -383,11 +386,6 @@ static inline void CA(struct net_device *dev)
 		i = *(volatile u32 *) (dev->base_addr);
 	}
 #endif
-#ifdef ENABLE_APRICOT
-	if (MACH_IS_APRICOT) {
-		outw(0, (short) (dev->base_addr) + 4);
-	}
-#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -617,9 +615,6 @@ static void rebuild_rx_bufs(struct net_device *dev)
 static int init_i596_mem(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct i596_private *lp = dev->ml_priv;
-#if !defined(ENABLE_MVME16x_NET) && !defined(ENABLE_BVME6000_NET) || defined(ENABLE_APRICOT)
-	short ioaddr = dev->base_addr;
-#endif
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	MPU_PORT(dev, PORT_RESET, NULL);
@@ -653,18 +648,6 @@ static int init_i596_mem(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	MPU_PORT(dev, PORT_ALTSCP, (void *)virt_to_bus((void *)&lp->scp));
 
-#elif defined(ENABLE_APRICOT)
-
-	{
-		u32 scp = virt_to_bus(&lp->scp);
-
-		/* change the scp address */
-		outw(0, ioaddr);
-		outw(0, ioaddr);
-		outb(4, ioaddr + 0xf);
-		outw(scp | 2, ioaddr);
-		outw(scp >> 16, ioaddr);
-	}
 #endif
 
 	lp->last_cmd = jiffies;
@@ -677,10 +660,6 @@ static int init_i596_mem(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (MACH_IS_BVME6000)
 		lp->scp.sysbus = 0x0000004c;
 #endif
-#ifdef ENABLE_APRICOT
-	if (MACH_IS_APRICOT)
-		lp->scp.sysbus = 0x00440000;
-#endif
 
 	lp->scp.iscp = WSWAPiscp(virt_to_bus((void *)&lp->iscp));
 	lp->iscp.scb = WSWAPscb(virt_to_bus((void *)&lp->scb));
@@ -698,10 +677,6 @@ static int init_i596_mem(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	DEB(DEB_INIT,printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: starting i82596.\n", dev->name));
 
-#if defined(ENABLE_APRICOT)
-	(void) inb(ioaddr + 0x10);
-	outb(4, ioaddr + 0xf);
-#endif
 	CA(dev);
 
 	if (wait_istat(dev,lp,1000,"initialization timed out"))
@@ -1202,43 +1177,6 @@ struct net_device * __init i82596_probe(int unit)
 		dev->irq = (unsigned) BVME_IRQ_I596;
 		goto found;
 	}
-#endif
-#ifdef ENABLE_APRICOT
-	{
-		int checksum = 0;
-		int ioaddr = 0x300;
-
-		/* this is easy the ethernet interface can only be at 0x300 */
-		/* first check nothing is already registered here */
-
-		if (!request_region(ioaddr, I596_TOTAL_SIZE, DRV_NAME)) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "82596: IO address 0x%04x in use\n", ioaddr);
-			err = -EBUSY;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		dev->base_addr = ioaddr;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
-			eth_addr[i] = inb(ioaddr + 8 + i);
-			checksum += eth_addr[i];
-		}
-
-		/* checksum is a multiple of 0x100, got this wrong first time
-		   some machines have 0x100, some 0x200. The DOS driver doesn't
-		   even bother with the checksum.
-		   Some other boards trip the checksum.. but then appear as
-		   ether address 0. Trap these - AC */
-
-		if ((checksum % 0x100) ||
-		    (memcmp(eth_addr, "\x00\x00\x49", 3) != 0)) {
-			err = -ENODEV;
-			goto out1;
-		}
-
-		dev->irq = 10;
-		goto found;
-	}
 #endif
 	err = -ENODEV;
 	goto out;
@@ -1296,9 +1234,6 @@ struct net_device * __init i82596_probe(int unit)
 #endif
 	free_page ((u32)(dev->mem_start));
 out1:
-#ifdef ENABLE_APRICOT
-	release_region(dev->base_addr, I596_TOTAL_SIZE);
-#endif
 out:
 	free_netdev(dev);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -1454,10 +1389,6 @@ static irqreturn_t i596_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		*ethirq = 1;
 		*ethirq = 3;
 	}
-#endif
-#ifdef ENABLE_APRICOT
-	(void) inb(ioaddr + 0x10);
-	outb(4, ioaddr + 0xf);
 #endif
 	CA(dev);
 
@@ -1589,11 +1520,6 @@ static void set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
 #ifdef MODULE
 static struct net_device *dev_82596;
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_APRICOT
-module_param(irq, int, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "Apricot IRQ number");
-#endif
-
 static int debug = -1;
 module_param(debug, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "i82596 debug mask");
@@ -1620,10 +1546,6 @@ void __exit cleanup_module(void)
 			IOMAP_FULL_CACHING);
 #endif
 	free_page ((u32)(dev_82596->mem_start));
-#ifdef ENABLE_APRICOT
-	/* If we don't do this, we can't re-insmod it later. */
-	release_region(dev_82596->base_addr, I596_TOTAL_SIZE);
-#endif
 	free_netdev(dev_82596);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/Kconfig
index 70f8c2d221b63b91854f31f84421f76c7f5ffc42..c39698ae9801688c0c6481357bdf5a893f7b3eb5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/Kconfig
@@ -50,17 +50,6 @@ config ARM_ETHER1
 	  If you have an Acorn system with one of these (AKA25) network cards,
 	  you should say Y to this option if you wish to use it with Linux.
 
-config APRICOT
-	tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet"
-	depends on ISA
-	---help---
-	  If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
-	  read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
-	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
-
-	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
-	  will be called apricot.
-
 config BVME6000_NET
 	tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support"
 	depends on BVME6000
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/Makefile
index 6adff85e8ecc3bcefe25c3f408e1e3d39c9f8b08..e5ab9d04a1802a231c78355adc1a3e1b089ccb3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LP486E) += lp486e.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NI52) += ni52.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SUN3_82586) += sun3_82586.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ZNET) += znet.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_APRICOT) += 82596.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LASI_82596) += lasi_82596.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SNI_82596) += sni_82596.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MVME16x_NET) += 82596.o