diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 2696d6b513b7177d2efb9c2805ca878ebf0277a3..fe9d8f2a13f8785bf366f0a5884261af8ccfd782 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -309,10 +309,6 @@ struct inode *nilfs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, int mode)
 	/* ii->i_file_acl = 0; */
 	/* ii->i_dir_acl = 0; */
 	ii->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NILFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	ii->i_acl = NULL;
-	ii->i_default_acl = NULL;
-#endif
 	ii->i_cno = 0;
 	nilfs_set_inode_flags(inode);
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
@@ -434,10 +430,6 @@ static int __nilfs_read_inode(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 
 	raw_inode = nilfs_ifile_map_inode(sbi->s_ifile, ino, bh);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NILFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	ii->i_acl = NILFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-	ii->i_default_acl = NILFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-#endif
 	if (nilfs_read_inode_common(inode, raw_inode))
 		goto failed_unmap;
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index edf6a59d9f2a1710e404e45250308dfa06ba28f9..724c63766e827c9232bd197a99b93af8064aea20 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ struct nilfs_inode_info {
 	 * EAs.
 	 */
 	struct rw_semaphore xattr_sem;
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_NILFS_POSIX_ACL
-	struct posix_acl *i_acl;
-	struct posix_acl *i_default_acl;
 #endif
 	struct buffer_head *i_bh;	/* i_bh contains a new or dirty
 					   disk inode */
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index ab785f85aa501abb40691a61b24395e0419c62f8..8e2ec43b18f4f458b6f683fc94a9f656a36a9c3a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -189,16 +189,6 @@ static void nilfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NILFS_POSIX_ACL
-	if (ii->i_acl && ii->i_acl != NILFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
-		posix_acl_release(ii->i_acl);
-		ii->i_acl = NILFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-	}
-	if (ii->i_default_acl && ii->i_default_acl != NILFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
-		posix_acl_release(ii->i_default_acl);
-		ii->i_default_acl = NILFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-	}
-#endif
 	/*
 	 * Free resources allocated in nilfs_read_inode(), here.
 	 */