diff --git a/fs/afs/file.c b/fs/afs/file.c
index 4975c9c193dd37505cbdcfad000fdcd24793676d..f53971a543b23202a13c704be25a07ee8078ea67 100644
--- a/fs/afs/file.c
+++ b/fs/afs/file.c
@@ -31,24 +31,10 @@ static int afs_file_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page);
 static int afs_file_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long offset);
 static int afs_file_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp_flags);
 
-static ssize_t afs_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-			      size_t size, loff_t *off);
-
 struct inode_operations afs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.getattr	= afs_inode_getattr,
 };
 
-struct file_operations afs_file_file_operations = {
-	.read		= generic_file_read,
-	.write		= afs_file_write,
-	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
-#if 0
-	.open		= afs_file_open,
-	.release	= afs_file_release,
-	.fsync		= afs_file_fsync,
-#endif
-};
-
 struct address_space_operations afs_fs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= afs_file_readpage,
 	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
@@ -57,22 +43,6 @@ struct address_space_operations afs_fs_aops = {
 	.invalidatepage	= afs_file_invalidatepage,
 };
 
-/*****************************************************************************/
-/*
- * AFS file write
- */
-static ssize_t afs_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-			      size_t size, loff_t *off)
-{
-	struct afs_vnode *vnode;
-
-	vnode = AFS_FS_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
-	if (vnode->flags & AFS_VNODE_DELETED)
-		return -ESTALE;
-
-	return -EIO;
-} /* end afs_file_write() */
-
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /*
  * deal with notification that a page was read from the cache
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index c476fde33fbc24ab64ed26137424e8eb7b7d776a..4ebb30a50ed5a876d28c7830e0083c10a1aa26f9 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int afs_inode_map_status(struct afs_vnode *vnode)
 	case AFS_FTYPE_FILE:
 		inode->i_mode	= S_IFREG | vnode->status.mode;
 		inode->i_op	= &afs_file_inode_operations;
-		inode->i_fop	= &afs_file_file_operations;
+		inode->i_fop	= &generic_ro_fops;
 		break;
 	case AFS_FTYPE_DIR:
 		inode->i_mode	= S_IFDIR | vnode->status.mode;
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index f09860b45c1a303e9f0702bf2ab9636f6a26689d..ab8f87c66319bc4233444e8bcd7c3f17163e5d88 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ extern struct file_operations afs_dir_file_operations;
  */
 extern struct address_space_operations afs_fs_aops;
 extern struct inode_operations afs_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations afs_file_file_operations;
 
 #ifdef AFS_CACHING_SUPPORT
 extern int afs_cache_get_page_cookie(struct page *page,