diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 5c6163f550393a1e0a50f9f513d1ad3f185a6ab2..3eb076ce4c073e303771a858002a4c2c6b04ddbf 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static int ocfs2_get_sector(struct super_block *sb,
 			    struct buffer_head **bh,
 			    int block,
 			    int sect_size);
-static void ocfs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb);
 static struct inode *ocfs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 static void ocfs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
 static int ocfs2_susp_quotas(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int unsuspend);
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ static const struct super_operations ocfs2_sops = {
 	.clear_inode	= ocfs2_clear_inode,
 	.delete_inode	= ocfs2_delete_inode,
 	.sync_fs	= ocfs2_sync_fs,
-	.write_super	= ocfs2_write_super,
 	.put_super	= ocfs2_put_super,
 	.remount_fs	= ocfs2_remount,
 	.show_options   = ocfs2_show_options,
@@ -365,24 +363,12 @@ static struct file_operations ocfs2_osb_debug_fops = {
 	.llseek =	generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-/*
- * write_super and sync_fs ripped right out of ext3.
- */
-static void ocfs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	if (mutex_trylock(&sb->s_lock) != 0)
-		BUG();
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-}
-
 static int ocfs2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	int status;
 	tid_t target;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
 
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-
 	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb))
 		return -EROFS;