diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 93e7a5ecbc2645b987d52bb8afcdc48cffca1512..7a1bea9cb8eed62c4bcead0462f73d20d6c723a0 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -335,8 +335,6 @@ static void evict(struct inode *inode, int delete)
 
 	if (op->evict_inode) {
 		op->evict_inode(inode);
-	} else if (delete && op->delete_inode) {
-		op->delete_inode(inode);
 	} else {
 		if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
 			truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3c23c1dcb1bd0d1e72631d4ccd41240b6b2c9ffb..2b1254771e46bcd18652f377864f3d3c2e06fd74 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1564,7 +1564,6 @@ struct super_operations {
 	int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 	void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *);
-	void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
 	void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
 	int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);