diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
index 3d6f6e9d530c73cef3f5c6c4fcf1c6891b4f5569..db4d3893d32d70d665cd7e42979bd0f80a8640f4 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ static struct ima_template_desc builtin_templates[] = {
 	{.name = "ima-sig", .fmt = "d-ng|n-ng|sig"},
 	{.name = "ima-buf", .fmt = "d-ng|n-ng|buf"},
 	{.name = "ima-modsig", .fmt = "d-ng|n-ng|sig|d-modsig|modsig"},
-	{.name = "ima-ns", .fmt = "d-ng|n-ng|ns"},
 	{.name = "", .fmt = ""},	/* placeholder for a custom format */
 };
 
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@ static const struct ima_template_field supported_fields[] = {
 	 .field_show = ima_show_template_sig},
 	{.field_id = "evmsig", .field_init = ima_eventevmsig_init,
 	 .field_show = ima_show_template_sig},
-	{.field_id = "ns", .field_init = ima_eventns_init,
-	 .field_show = ima_show_template_buf},
 };
 
 /*
@@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ static const struct ima_template_field supported_fields[] = {
  * need to be accounted for since they shouldn't be defined in the same template
  * description as 'd-ng' and 'n-ng' respectively.
  */
-#define MAX_TEMPLATE_NAME_LEN sizeof("d-ng|n-ng|sig|buf|d-modisg|modsig|ns")
+#define MAX_TEMPLATE_NAME_LEN sizeof("d-ng|n-ng|sig|buf|d-modisg|modsig")
 
 static struct ima_template_desc *ima_template;
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
index ca6153680cf04d71716133f25ac25fb071a56c6b..90040fac150b98c12ca3594409ed0f8d6bc77000 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
@@ -514,16 +514,3 @@ int ima_eventevmsig_init(struct ima_event_data *event_data,
 	kfree(xattr_data);
 	return rc;
 }
-
-/*
- *  ima_eventns_init - include the ima namespace id as part of the
- *  template data
- */
-int ima_eventns_init(struct ima_event_data *event_data,
-		     struct ima_field_data *field_data)
-{
-	return ima_write_template_field_data(&(event_data->ns_id),
-					     sizeof(event_data->ns_id),
-					     DATA_FMT_HEX,
-					     field_data);
-}
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.h
index b34054858f0555a99e9ccf1820e4c4688fd871ed..f4b2a2056d1d5ed2e876568b5a17af8cd48a8fa3 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.h
@@ -48,6 +48,4 @@ int ima_eventmodsig_init(struct ima_event_data *event_data,
 			 struct ima_field_data *field_data);
 int ima_eventevmsig_init(struct ima_event_data *event_data,
 			 struct ima_field_data *field_data);
-int ima_eventns_init(struct ima_event_data *event_data,
-		     struct ima_field_data *field_data);
 #endif /* __LINUX_IMA_TEMPLATE_LIB_H */