diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index 0cce28c..9dc2fbe 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -285,9 +285,8 @@
 	  dump your ACPI DSDT table using /proc/acpi/dsdt.
 
 config X86_PM_TIMER
-	bool "Power Management Timer Support"
+	bool "Power Management Timer Support" if EMBEDDED
 	depends on X86
-	depends on !X86_64
 	default y
 	help
 	  The Power Management Timer is available on all ACPI-capable,
@@ -298,9 +297,8 @@
 	  voltage scaling, unlike the commonly used Time Stamp Counter
 	  (TSC) timing source.
 
-	  So, if you see messages like 'Losing too many ticks!' in the
-	  kernel logs, and/or you are using this on a notebook which
-	  does not yet have an HPET, you should say "Y" here.
+	  You should nearly always say Y here because many modern
+	  systems require this timer. 
 
 config ACPI_CONTAINER
 	tristate "ACPI0004,PNP0A05 and PNP0A06 Container Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"