diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 59c5062cd63f3bcc8af85edbdabda742a0c88325..dd7113106269992822e97e4bbf07ad2bc5ab5eca 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -793,11 +793,6 @@ int hostfs_rename(struct inode *from_ino, struct dentry *from,
 	return(err);
 }
 
-void hostfs_truncate(struct inode *ino)
-{
-	not_implemented();
-}
-
 int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	char *name;
@@ -894,7 +889,6 @@ static struct inode_operations hostfs_iops = {
 	.rmdir		= hostfs_rmdir,
 	.mknod		= hostfs_mknod,
 	.rename		= hostfs_rename,
-	.truncate	= hostfs_truncate,
 	.permission	= hostfs_permission,
 	.setattr	= hostfs_setattr,
 	.getattr	= hostfs_getattr,
@@ -910,7 +904,6 @@ static struct inode_operations hostfs_dir_iops = {
 	.rmdir		= hostfs_rmdir,
 	.mknod		= hostfs_mknod,
 	.rename		= hostfs_rename,
-	.truncate	= hostfs_truncate,
 	.permission	= hostfs_permission,
 	.setattr	= hostfs_setattr,
 	.getattr	= hostfs_getattr,