diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index 951ee33a022df4adfb0427c737208f285a7225ac..c15c25745e05d4ff5cac6e2595e6039858dff693 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -660,8 +660,6 @@ int ecryptfs_get_tfm_and_mutex_for_cipher_name(struct crypto_blkcipher **tfm,
 int ecryptfs_keyring_auth_tok_for_sig(struct key **auth_tok_key,
 				      struct ecryptfs_auth_tok **auth_tok,
 				      char *sig);
-int ecryptfs_write_zeros(struct file *file, pgoff_t index, int start,
-			 int num_zeros);
 int ecryptfs_write_lower(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode, char *data,
 			 loff_t offset, size_t size);
 int ecryptfs_write_lower_page_segment(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode,
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c b/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
index ebf55150be56cdb26b6fab83990026fadaa71aaf..75c2ea9fee35341cdb32f54ec87d2f9708b5a4ab 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
@@ -157,20 +157,6 @@ int ecryptfs_write(struct file *ecryptfs_file, char *data, loff_t offset,
 			       ecryptfs_page_idx, rc);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		if (start_offset_in_page) {
-			/* Read in the page from the lower
-			 * into the eCryptfs inode page cache,
-			 * decrypting */
-			rc = ecryptfs_decrypt_page(ecryptfs_page);
-			if (rc) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error decrypting "
-				       "page; rc = [%d]\n",
-				       __func__, rc);
-				ClearPageUptodate(ecryptfs_page);
-				page_cache_release(ecryptfs_page);
-				goto out;
-			}
-		}
 		ecryptfs_page_virt = kmap_atomic(ecryptfs_page, KM_USER0);
 
 		/*
@@ -349,14 +335,6 @@ int ecryptfs_read(char *data, loff_t offset, size_t size,
 			       ecryptfs_page_idx, rc);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		rc = ecryptfs_decrypt_page(ecryptfs_page);
-		if (rc) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error decrypting "
-			       "page; rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
-			ClearPageUptodate(ecryptfs_page);
-			page_cache_release(ecryptfs_page);
-			goto out;
-		}
 		ecryptfs_page_virt = kmap_atomic(ecryptfs_page, KM_USER0);
 		memcpy((data + data_offset),
 		       ((char *)ecryptfs_page_virt + start_offset_in_page),