diff --git a/include/asm-generic/resource.h b/include/asm-generic/resource.h
index b4ea8f50fc65..5e752b959054 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/resource.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/resource.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	[RLIMIT_CPU]		= {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_FSIZE]		= {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_DATA]		= {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
-	[RLIMIT_STACK]		= {       _STK_LIM,   _STK_LIM_MAX },	\
+	[RLIMIT_STACK]		= {       _STK_LIM,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_CORE]		= {              0,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_RSS]		= {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_NPROC]		= {              0,              0 },	\
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/resource.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/resource.h
index f863428796d5..c6d10af50123 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/resource.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/resource.h
@@ -57,12 +57,5 @@
 # define RLIM_INFINITY		(~0UL)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * RLIMIT_STACK default maximum - some architectures override it:
- */
-#ifndef _STK_LIM_MAX
-# define _STK_LIM_MAX		RLIM_INFINITY
-#endif
-
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_GENERIC_RESOURCE_H */