diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 9f42526b4d62bca142045d74431b69143adfffef..f06d7f3b075bf202fe34b77fa8fbdd01c67f0ee0 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1523,12 +1523,7 @@ static void __disk_unblock_events(struct gendisk *disk, bool check_now)
 	if (--ev->block)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	/*
-	 * Not exactly a latency critical operation, set poll timer
-	 * slack to 25% and kick event check.
-	 */
 	intv = disk_events_poll_jiffies(disk);
-	set_timer_slack(&ev->dwork.timer, intv / 4);
 	if (check_now)
 		queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq,
 				&ev->dwork, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/jz4740_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/jz4740_mmc.c
index 03ddf0ecf4023c8ab09b9e516640626659eb1ae5..684087db170b218c45dfc0bb45e9479b7e61014f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/jz4740_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/jz4740_mmc.c
@@ -1068,8 +1068,6 @@ static int jz4740_mmc_probe(struct platform_device* pdev)
 	jz4740_mmc_clock_disable(host);
 	setup_timer(&host->timeout_timer, jz4740_mmc_timeout,
 			(unsigned long)host);
-	/* It is not important when it times out, it just needs to timeout. */
-	set_timer_slack(&host->timeout_timer, HZ);
 
 	host->use_dma = true;
 	if (host->use_dma && jz4740_mmc_acquire_dma_channels(host) != 0)
diff --git a/drivers/power/bq27xxx_battery.c b/drivers/power/bq27xxx_battery.c
index 45f6ebf88df6b7962f288a599ca8363d2131923d..e90b3f307e0f21aec47ee3bcd2e0a113666acbe6 100644
--- a/drivers/power/bq27xxx_battery.c
+++ b/drivers/power/bq27xxx_battery.c
@@ -735,11 +735,8 @@ static void bq27xxx_battery_poll(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	bq27xxx_battery_update(di);
 
-	if (poll_interval > 0) {
-		/* The timer does not have to be accurate. */
-		set_timer_slack(&di->work.timer, poll_interval * HZ / 4);
+	if (poll_interval > 0)
 		schedule_delayed_work(&di->work, poll_interval * HZ);
-	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
index 0449235d4f22dd2d1b068c85243e8536b5adffa7..1700908b84ef8b7c15716f07e448345f25fae392 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ static int ohci_init (struct ohci_hcd *ohci)
 
 	setup_timer(&ohci->io_watchdog, io_watchdog_func,
 			(unsigned long) ohci);
-	set_timer_slack(&ohci->io_watchdog, msecs_to_jiffies(20));
 
 	ohci->hcca = dma_alloc_coherent (hcd->self.controller,
 			sizeof(*ohci->hcca), &ohci->hcca_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index f2f9518c53ab437548133349101983389c8de78b..a986fe763d87542afc3c45f84c6827ef936db926 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -490,8 +490,6 @@ static void compliance_mode_recovery_timer_init(struct xhci_hcd *xhci)
 	xhci->comp_mode_recovery_timer.expires = jiffies +
 			msecs_to_jiffies(COMP_MODE_RCVRY_MSECS);
 
-	set_timer_slack(&xhci->comp_mode_recovery_timer,
-			msecs_to_jiffies(COMP_MODE_RCVRY_MSECS));
 	add_timer(&xhci->comp_mode_recovery_timer);
 	xhci_dbg_trace(xhci, trace_xhci_dbg_quirks,
 			"Compliance mode recovery timer initialized");
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index 5869ab9848fe1d5870adf3992169754b3e861e77..4419506b564ecc215b9550b9e1bf4ed4ccbe6e29 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct timer_list {
 	void			(*function)(unsigned long);
 	unsigned long		data;
 	u32			flags;
-	int			slack;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
 	int			start_pid;
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ struct timer_list {
 		.expires = (_expires),				\
 		.data = (_data),				\
 		.flags = (_flags),				\
-		.slack = -1,					\
 		__TIMER_LOCKDEP_MAP_INITIALIZER(		\
 			__FILE__ ":" __stringify(__LINE__))	\
 	}
@@ -193,8 +191,6 @@ extern int del_timer(struct timer_list * timer);
 extern int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
 extern int mod_timer_pending(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
 
-extern void set_timer_slack(struct timer_list *time, int slack_hz);
-
 /*
  * The jiffies value which is added to now, when there is no timer
  * in the timer wheel:
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 86e95b72665dcfac8123061df7d53f7e10f1fe50..a83e23d0bc25cd72ea0713539da0d1ec58252ced 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -447,24 +447,6 @@ unsigned long round_jiffies_up_relative(unsigned long j)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_up_relative);
 
-/**
- * set_timer_slack - set the allowed slack for a timer
- * @timer: the timer to be modified
- * @slack_hz: the amount of time (in jiffies) allowed for rounding
- *
- * Set the amount of time, in jiffies, that a certain timer has
- * in terms of slack. By setting this value, the timer subsystem
- * will schedule the actual timer somewhere between
- * the time mod_timer() asks for, and that time plus the slack.
- *
- * By setting the slack to -1, a percentage of the delay is used
- * instead.
- */
-void set_timer_slack(struct timer_list *timer, int slack_hz)
-{
-	timer->slack = slack_hz;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_timer_slack);
 
 static inline unsigned int timer_get_idx(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
@@ -775,7 +757,6 @@ static void do_init_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned int flags,
 {
 	timer->entry.pprev = NULL;
 	timer->flags = flags | raw_smp_processor_id();
-	timer->slack = -1;
 #ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
 	timer->start_site = NULL;
 	timer->start_pid = -1;
diff --git a/lib/random32.c b/lib/random32.c
index 510d1ce7d4d23287fe866d2fd6649d5d66215fb5..69ed593aab07315d90c4b2dc2e2fcbb9931211fd 100644
--- a/lib/random32.c
+++ b/lib/random32.c
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ static void __prandom_timer(unsigned long dontcare)
 
 static void __init __prandom_start_seed_timer(void)
 {
-	set_timer_slack(&seed_timer, HZ);
 	seed_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(40 * MSEC_PER_SEC);
 	add_timer(&seed_timer);
 }