diff --git a/fs/orangefs/namei.c b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
index f26f6694c48d5e92f3ce4ab772267fccf21a11a2..650ff299738bc22bd7e8be8e7c3527ff4dcef47d 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
@@ -136,13 +136,11 @@ static struct dentry *orangefs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		ORANGEFS_NAME_MAX);
 
 	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_NAME_DEBUG,
-		     "%s: doing lookup on %s under %pU,%d (follow=%s)\n",
+		     "%s: doing lookup on %s under %pU,%d\n",
 		     __func__,
 		     new_op->upcall.req.lookup.d_name,
 		     &new_op->upcall.req.lookup.parent_refn.khandle,
-		     new_op->upcall.req.lookup.parent_refn.fs_id,
-		     ((new_op->upcall.req.lookup.sym_follow ==
-		       ORANGEFS_LOOKUP_LINK_FOLLOW) ? "yes" : "no"));
+		     new_op->upcall.req.lookup.parent_refn.fs_id);
 
 	ret = service_operation(new_op, __func__, get_interruptible_flag(dir));
 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/protocol.h b/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
index 6ac0c60c9f5e220e569e8403997b45872c4ac9bd..45ce4ff4cbc79b6c9a1d324a7e0794ce2b94ddfc 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ struct ORANGEFS_sys_attr_s {
 };
 
 #define ORANGEFS_LOOKUP_LINK_NO_FOLLOW 0
-#define ORANGEFS_LOOKUP_LINK_FOLLOW    1
 
 /* pint-dev.h ***************************************************************/