diff --git a/Documentation/arm/uefi.rst b/Documentation/arm/uefi.rst
index f868330df6beb..f732f957421ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/uefi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm/uefi.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ makes it possible for the kernel to support additional features:
 For actually enabling [U]EFI support, enable:
 
 - CONFIG_EFI=y
-- CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y or m
+- CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=y or m
 
 The implementation depends on receiving information about the UEFI environment
 in a Flattened Device Tree (FDT) - so is only available with CONFIG_OF.
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
index 80f5c67e36384..da1887f72a519 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
@@ -4,20 +4,15 @@ menu "EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Support"
 
 config EFI_VARS
 	tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs"
-	depends on EFI
+	depends on EFI && (X86 || IA64)
 	default n
 	help
 	  If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware
 	  Interface) variable information via sysfs.  You may read,
 	  write, create, and destroy EFI variables through this interface.
-
-	  Note that using this driver in concert with efibootmgr requires
-	  at least test release version 0.5.0-test3 or later, which is
-	  available from:
-	  <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz>
-
-	  Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at:
-	  <http://github.com/vathpela/efibootmgr>
+	  Note that this driver is only retained for compatibility with
+	  legacy users: new users should use the efivarfs filesystem
+	  instead.
 
 config EFI_ESRT
 	bool
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index a76f50e15e6d5..e6b16b3a17a8c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@Dell.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("sysfs interface to EFI Variables");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(EFIVARS_VERSION);
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:efivars");
 
 static LIST_HEAD(efivar_sysfs_list);