diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h b/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
index 75ef0b2948f9cfc1028add571df362faf9864b3a..9fb87fe1aec3241aa7a01886912b982d0ae52ba8 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
@@ -455,6 +455,4 @@ void l2cap_send_disconn_req(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct sock *sk, int err);
 void l2cap_chan_del(struct sock *sk, int err);
 int l2cap_do_connect(struct sock *sk);
 
-void l2cap_load(void);
-
 #endif /* __L2CAP_H */
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
index 5868597534e529b4c33d1e603cbe38bed740a4ad..03d4d1245d583164e9a623caece340684300a848 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
@@ -708,8 +708,6 @@ static int __init bnep_init(void)
 {
 	char flt[50] = "";
 
-	l2cap_load();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BT_BNEP_PROTO_FILTER
 	strcat(flt, "protocol ");
 #endif
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/cmtp/core.c b/net/bluetooth/cmtp/core.c
index 2cee71a714c42f7fda5fd217b4a82c6fb8a1dc97..964ea9126f9fc5ac2b6a84647ecbc2ecefc8b2ed 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/cmtp/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/cmtp/core.c
@@ -469,8 +469,6 @@ int cmtp_get_conninfo(struct cmtp_conninfo *ci)
 
 static int __init cmtp_init(void)
 {
-	l2cap_load();
-
 	BT_INFO("CMTP (CAPI Emulation) ver %s", VERSION);
 
 	cmtp_init_sockets();
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
index e0de92952f32589ef21c08dffc5e5a6d7a1f27e4..2429ca2d7b06d1b5a8807dd8a9871299b0f0e1ca 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
@@ -1019,8 +1019,6 @@ static int __init hidp_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	l2cap_load();
-
 	BT_INFO("HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver %s", VERSION);
 
 	ret = hid_register_driver(&hidp_driver);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 6f054d906c6f5735d051a6b52975e68295b4cfa3..bd88641b4ae7e79d495919e46760d1faa151c6fd 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -3855,13 +3855,5 @@ void l2cap_exit(void)
 	l2cap_cleanup_sockets();
 }
 
-void l2cap_load(void)
-{
-	/* Dummy function to trigger automatic L2CAP module loading by
-	 * other modules that use L2CAP sockets but don't use any other
-	 * symbols from it. */
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(l2cap_load);
-
 module_param(disable_ertm, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_ertm, "Disable enhanced retransmission mode");
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
index 6b83776534fb45e29946f9666cb7a23654d4a431..c9973932456f74e68e4dfd8b7f20199a65c9bd4e 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
@@ -2154,8 +2154,6 @@ static int __init rfcomm_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	l2cap_load();
-
 	hci_register_cb(&rfcomm_cb);
 
 	rfcomm_thread = kthread_run(rfcomm_run, NULL, "krfcommd");