diff --git a/fs/ext2/Makefile b/fs/ext2/Makefile
index f42af45cfd88a08a65977a544ad482a9e2d8341c..445b0e996a122a8ea82705233fefb6bc2de5166b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ext2/Makefile
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ ext2-y := balloc.o dir.o file.o ialloc.o inode.o \
 ext2-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR)	 += xattr.o xattr_user.o xattr_trusted.o
 ext2-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL) += acl.o
 ext2-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY)	 += xattr_security.o
-ext2-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XIP)	 += xip.o
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index cba38331a124e03488f93d84501d62f29ea0617f..154cbcf30f3561d971fe983fba38666bc24b1afc 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/aio.h>
 #include "ext2.h"
 #include "acl.h"
-#include "xip.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 
 static int __ext2_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int do_sync);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 846c356af7cab77aee52c9c6d4bc48c899eccbfb..7ca803f408b07c42b48acab8df4cffd7a0f34230 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "ext2.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
-#include "xip.h"
 
 static inline int ext2_add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 83c5d51b8ededc6dfac3a1d8f09ae5e6f7831520..50342583db1f7745bccb000f4ecbba3350986226 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "ext2.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
-#include "xip.h"
 
 static void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb,
 			    struct ext2_super_block *es, int wait);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xip.c b/fs/ext2/xip.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 66ca1133827ed5ff455af469df38650d5d300560..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/fs/ext2/xip.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  linux/fs/ext2/xip.c
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2005 IBM Corporation
- * Author: Carsten Otte (cotte@de.ibm.com)
- */
-
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/genhd.h>
-#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include "ext2.h"
-#include "xip.h"
-
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xip.h b/fs/ext2/xip.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 87eeb0460e8c5eafc47fe15b9811492e751c3e1f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/fs/ext2/xip.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  linux/fs/ext2/xip.h
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2005 IBM Corporation
- * Author: Carsten Otte (cotte@de.ibm.com)
- */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XIP
-static inline int ext2_use_xip (struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	struct ext2_sb_info *sbi = EXT2_SB(sb);
-	return (sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT2_MOUNT_XIP);
-}
-#else
-#define ext2_use_xip(sb)			0
-#endif