diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index c182c9f4b2c4c7214870208971e2904dd0e758e6..c44d6fe9f6ceb4b542a22a016107c756e3160dfc 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -2734,30 +2734,6 @@ static inline int attempt_front_merge(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * blk_attempt_remerge  - attempt to remerge active head with next request
- * @q:    The &request_queue_t belonging to the device
- * @rq:   The head request (usually)
- *
- * Description:
- *    For head-active devices, the queue can easily be unplugged so quickly
- *    that proper merging is not done on the front request. This may hurt
- *    performance greatly for some devices. The block layer cannot safely
- *    do merging on that first request for these queues, but the driver can
- *    call this function and make it happen any way. Only the driver knows
- *    when it is safe to do so.
- **/
-void blk_attempt_remerge(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	attempt_back_merge(q, rq);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_attempt_remerge);
-
 static void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	req->flags |= REQ_CMD;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index d31117eb95aacfe75b42c44f05861961640d4c3f..e4d55ad32d2f49da3e2e14b0a457566f4679570c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -1332,8 +1332,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_start_read (ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned int block)
 	if (cdrom_read_from_buffer(drive))
 		return ide_stopped;
 
-	blk_attempt_remerge(drive->queue, rq);
-
 	/* Clear the local sector buffer. */
 	info->nsectors_buffered = 0;
 
@@ -1874,14 +1872,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_start_write(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * for dvd-ram and such media, it's a really big deal to get
-	 * big writes all the time. so scour the queue and attempt to
-	 * remerge requests, often the plugging will not have had time
-	 * to do this properly
-	 */
-	blk_attempt_remerge(drive->queue, rq);
-
 	info->nsectors_buffered = 0;
 
 	/* use dma, if possible. we don't need to check more, since we
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index fb098537742116a71067fa6af70abac17dc055e8..96b2339916853d2ca95dae609b0a29e2592f5612 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ extern void generic_make_request(struct bio *bio);
 extern void blk_put_request(struct request *);
 extern void __blk_put_request(request_queue_t *, struct request *);
 extern void blk_end_sync_rq(struct request *rq, int error);
-extern void blk_attempt_remerge(request_queue_t *, struct request *);
 extern struct request *blk_get_request(request_queue_t *, int, gfp_t);
 extern void blk_insert_request(request_queue_t *, struct request *, int, void *);
 extern void blk_requeue_request(request_queue_t *, struct request *);