diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
index 6adc5b4a4406808d909e3944e1f1c47f5354ef15..f44474b0adaeed065000075378ed8f38f9a40454 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
@@ -336,11 +336,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_pc_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	timeout = (drive->media == ide_floppy) ? WAIT_FLOPPY_CMD
 					       : WAIT_TAPE_CMD;
 
-	if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_TIMEDOUT) {
-		drive->pc_callback(drive, 0);
-		return ide_stopped;
-	}
-
 	/* Clear the interrupt */
 	stat = tp_ops->read_status(hwif);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 146b07a9b6491ef128df597e376e3e98df503909..8b0ea43884c0c2d74ab68b3fadb0bd65ac6a3366 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ enum {
 	PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS		= (1 << 4),
 	PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR		= (1 << 5),
 	PC_FLAG_WRITING			= (1 << 6),
-	/* command timed out */
-	PC_FLAG_TIMEDOUT		= (1 << 7),
 };
 
 /*