diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index f036493b9a619cdf1b84fbc0e7caad8568058f40..bc476a19f28ef3c3dc9e0cd5ca261b5be87b4b4a 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2229,8 +2229,6 @@ extern int net_msg_warn;
 extern __u32 sysctl_wmem_max;
 extern __u32 sysctl_rmem_max;
 
-extern void sk_init(void);
-
 extern int sysctl_optmem_max;
 
 extern __u32 sysctl_wmem_default;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 727114cd6f7ebdcc63e312eb89a9f3634d2308e3..f5a426097236129310e1129f4fbe65e5746352cf 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1464,19 +1464,6 @@ void sk_setup_caps(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sk_setup_caps);
 
-void __init sk_init(void)
-{
-	if (totalram_pages <= 4096) {
-		sysctl_wmem_max = 32767;
-		sysctl_rmem_max = 32767;
-		sysctl_wmem_default = 32767;
-		sysctl_rmem_default = 32767;
-	} else if (totalram_pages >= 131072) {
-		sysctl_wmem_max = 131071;
-		sysctl_rmem_max = 131071;
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  *	Simple resource managers for sockets.
  */
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c641549a13e2902ecfa277fb0e41082aa0f3576e..80dc7e84b046358581f454ec87993d4195e6edc3 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2600,12 +2600,6 @@ static int __init sock_init(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	/*
-	 *      Initialize sock SLAB cache.
-	 */
-
-	sk_init();
-
 	/*
 	 *      Initialize skbuff SLAB cache
 	 */