diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
index 3ca39c4e5d2a7cdcf8dc02c0e668e1ef71646c28..e5143323e71f35ba82167013843539e19b34c15e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
 /*
  * Feature macros (disable/enable)
  */
-#undef  HAVE_REFCACHE	/* reference cache not needed for NFS in 2.6 */
 #define HAVE_SPLICE	/* a splice(2) exists in 2.6, but not in 2.4 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #define HAVE_PERCPU_SB	/* per cpu superblock counters are a 2.6 feature */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index bfcd72cbaeea9f4e95b1892979d93768f8476d8a..eaa01895ff93ed42e59efa3ca0d238ba9511255f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -240,10 +240,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_inode {
 	atomic_t		i_pincount;	/* inode pin count */
 	wait_queue_head_t	i_ipin_wait;	/* inode pinning wait queue */
 	spinlock_t		i_flags_lock;	/* inode i_flags lock */
-#ifdef HAVE_REFCACHE
-	struct xfs_inode	**i_refcache;	/* ptr to entry in ref cache */
-	struct xfs_inode	*i_release;	/* inode to unref */
-#endif
 	/* Miscellaneous state. */
 	unsigned short		i_flags;	/* see defined flags below */
 	unsigned char		i_update_core;	/* timestamps/size is dirty */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rename.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rename.c
index 7eb157a59f9eef5521babb49a5d8e082dc9f68d2..1c6d40ed6816b51dd78df0bd0115fb7b4f05d01b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rename.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rename.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "xfs_bmap.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
-#include "xfs_refcache.h"
 #include "xfs_utils.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_space.h"
 #include "xfs_vnodeops.h"
@@ -580,10 +579,8 @@ xfs_rename(
 	 * the vnode references.
 	 */
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES);
-	if (target_ip != NULL) {
-		xfs_refcache_purge_ip(target_ip);
+	if (target_ip != NULL)
 		IRELE(target_ip);
-	}
 	/*
 	 * Let interposed file systems know about removed links.
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
index 7094caff13cff35acb33f8f2359632ed3f6c3a35..79bdfb3d6081ec060fe026da012ed5864cd3c3e6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_bmap.h"
 #include "xfs_rw.h"
-#include "xfs_refcache.h"
 #include "xfs_buf_item.h"
 #include "xfs_log_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_dir2_trace.h"
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ xfs_cleanup(void)
 
 	xfs_cleanup_procfs();
 	xfs_sysctl_unregister();
-	xfs_refcache_destroy();
 	xfs_filestream_uninit();
 	xfs_mru_cache_uninit();
 	xfs_acl_zone_destroy(xfs_acl_zone);
@@ -584,11 +582,6 @@ xfs_unmount(
 					0 : DM_FLAGS_UNWANTED;
 	}
 #endif
-	/*
-	 * First blow any referenced inode from this file system
-	 * out of the reference cache, and delete the timer.
-	 */
-	xfs_refcache_purge_mp(mp);
 
 	/*
 	 * Blow away any referenced inode in the filestreams cache.
@@ -652,7 +645,6 @@ xfs_quiesce_fs(
 {
 	int			count = 0, pincount;
 
-	xfs_refcache_purge_mp(mp);
 	xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 0);
 	xfs_finish_reclaim_all(mp, 0);
 
@@ -1322,18 +1314,6 @@ xfs_syncsub(
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If this is the periodic sync, then kick some entries out of
-	 * the reference cache.  This ensures that idle entries are
-	 * eventually kicked out of the cache.
-	 */
-	if (flags & SYNC_REFCACHE) {
-		if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
-			xfs_refcache_purge_mp(mp);
-		else
-			xfs_refcache_purge_some(mp);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * If asked, update the disk superblock with incore counter values if we
 	 * are using non-persistent counters so that they don't get too far out
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index ce82a2d0acbe1f76eca5d4646c59f4aaf6cbadb9..35ac59dabf8bc126b80c64ebbc3abaf4627d6eff 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
 #include "xfs_utils.h"
 #include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
-#include "xfs_refcache.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_space.h"
 #include "xfs_log_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_filestream.h"
@@ -1520,12 +1519,6 @@ xfs_release(
 			xfs_flush_pages(ip, 0, -1, XFS_B_ASYNC, FI_NONE);
 	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_REFCACHE
-	/* If we are in the NFS reference cache then don't do this now */
-	if (ip->i_refcache)
-		return 0;
-#endif
-
 	if (ip->i_d.di_nlink != 0) {
 		if ((((ip->i_d.di_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG) &&
 		     ((ip->i_size > 0) || (VN_CACHED(vp) > 0 ||
@@ -2448,14 +2441,6 @@ xfs_remove(
 		goto std_return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Before we drop our extra reference to the inode, purge it
-	 * from the refcache if it is there.  By waiting until afterwards
-	 * to do the IRELE, we ensure that we won't go inactive in the
-	 * xfs_refcache_purge_ip routine (although that would be OK).
-	 */
-	xfs_refcache_purge_ip(ip);
-
 	/*
 	 * If we are using filestreams, kill the stream association.
 	 * If the file is still open it may get a new one but that
@@ -2495,14 +2480,6 @@ xfs_remove(
 	cancel_flags |= XFS_TRANS_ABORT;
 	xfs_trans_cancel(tp, cancel_flags);
 
-	/*
-	 * Before we drop our extra reference to the inode, purge it
-	 * from the refcache if it is there.  By waiting until afterwards
-	 * to do the IRELE, we ensure that we won't go inactive in the
-	 * xfs_refcache_purge_ip routine (although that would be OK).
-	 */
-	xfs_refcache_purge_ip(ip);
-
 	IRELE(ip);
 
 	goto std_return;
@@ -3460,16 +3437,7 @@ xfs_rwunlock(
 {
  	if (S_ISDIR(ip->i_d.di_mode))
   		return;
-	if (locktype == VRWLOCK_WRITE) {
-		/*
-		 * In the write case, we may have added a new entry to
-		 * the reference cache.  This might store a pointer to
-		 * an inode to be released in this inode.  If it is there,
-		 * clear the pointer and release the inode after unlocking
-		 * this one.
-		 */
-		xfs_refcache_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
-	} else {
+	if (locktype != VRWLOCK_WRITE) {
 		ASSERT((locktype == VRWLOCK_READ) ||
 		       (locktype == VRWLOCK_WRITE_DIRECT));
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);