diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 17fcb83670c0..4ce953f1b390 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1194,13 +1194,6 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	int where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT;
 	int rw_flags;
 
-	/* REQ_HARDBARRIER is no more */
-	if (WARN_ONCE(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER,
-		"block: HARDBARRIER is deprecated, use FLUSH/FUA instead\n")) {
-		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * low level driver can indicate that it wants pages above a
 	 * certain limit bounced to low memory (ie for highmem, or even
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 282e8308f7e2..2569512830d3 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void elv_dispatch_sort(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	q->nr_sorted--;
 
 	boundary = q->end_sector;
-	stop_flags = REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_STARTED;
+	stop_flags = REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_STARTED;
 	list_for_each_prev(entry, &q->queue_head) {
 		struct request *pos = list_entry_rq(entry);
 
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void elv_insert(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where,
 		       int plug)
 {
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & (REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_SOFTBARRIER) {
 		/* barriers are scheduling boundary, update end_sector */
 		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS ||
 		    (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 541e18879965..528f6318ded1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ aoeblk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		BUG();
 		bio_endio(bio, -ENXIO);
 		return 0;
-	} else if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
-		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
-		return 0;
 	} else if (bio->bi_io_vec == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: bi_io_vec is NULL\n");
 		BUG();
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 1e5284ef65fa..7ea0bea2f7e3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -481,12 +481,6 @@ static int do_bio_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio)
 	if (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE) {
 		struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
 
-		/* REQ_HARDBARRIER is deprecated */
-		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
-			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
 			ret = vfs_fsync(file, 0);
 			if (unlikely(ret && ret != -EINVAL)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 06e2812ba124..255035cfc88a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ static int blkif_queue_request(struct request *req)
 
 	ring_req->operation = rq_data_dir(req) ?
 		BLKIF_OP_WRITE : BLKIF_OP_READ;
-	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-		ring_req->operation = BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER;
 
 	ring_req->nr_segments = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, info->sg);
 	BUG_ON(ring_req->nr_segments > BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 1de30eb83bb0..f3cf924a2cd9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -320,19 +320,11 @@ static int scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 				    "changed. The Linux SCSI layer does not "
 				    "automatically adjust these parameters.\n");
 
-		if (scmd->request->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-			/*
-			 * barrier requests should always retry on UA
-			 * otherwise block will get a spurious error
-			 */
-			return NEEDS_RETRY;
-		else
-			/*
-			 * for normal (non barrier) commands, pass the
-			 * UA upwards for a determination in the
-			 * completion functions
-			 */
-			return SUCCESS;
+		/*
+		 * Pass the UA upwards for a determination in the completion
+		 * functions.
+		 */
+		return SUCCESS;
 
 		/* these three are not supported */
 	case COPY_ABORTED:
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
index 2054b1e25a65..d1268191acbd 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
@@ -331,10 +331,7 @@ static struct urb *uas_alloc_cmd_urb(struct uas_dev_info *devinfo, gfp_t gfp,
 
 	iu->iu_id = IU_ID_COMMAND;
 	iu->tag = cpu_to_be16(stream_id);
-	if (sdev->ordered_tags && (cmnd->request->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
-		iu->prio_attr = UAS_ORDERED_TAG;
-	else
-		iu->prio_attr = UAS_SIMPLE_TAG;
+	iu->prio_attr = UAS_SIMPLE_TAG;
 	iu->len = len;
 	int_to_scsilun(sdev->lun, &iu->lun);
 	memcpy(iu->cdb, cmnd->cmnd, cmnd->cmd_len);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index ba679992d39b..35dcdb3589bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@
 #define bio_offset(bio)		bio_iovec((bio))->bv_offset
 #define bio_segments(bio)	((bio)->bi_vcnt - (bio)->bi_idx)
 #define bio_sectors(bio)	((bio)->bi_size >> 9)
-#define bio_empty_barrier(bio) \
-	((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) && \
-	 !bio_has_data(bio) && \
-	 !(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
 
 static inline unsigned int bio_cur_bytes(struct bio *bio)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 0437ab6bb54c..46ad5197537a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT, /* no driver retries of transport errors */
 	__REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER,	/* no driver retries of driver errors */
 
-	__REQ_HARDBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by drive either */
 	__REQ_SYNC,		/* request is sync (sync write or read) */
 	__REQ_META,		/* metadata io request */
 	__REQ_DISCARD,		/* request to discard sectors */
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_DEV	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DEV)
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
-#define REQ_HARDBARRIER		(1 << __REQ_HARDBARRIER)
 #define REQ_SYNC		(1 << __REQ_SYNC)
 #define REQ_META		(1 << __REQ_META)
 #define REQ_DISCARD		(1 << __REQ_DISCARD)
@@ -168,8 +166,8 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK \
 	(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
 #define REQ_COMMON_MASK \
-	(REQ_WRITE | REQ_FAILFAST_MASK | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_SYNC | \
-	 REQ_META | REQ_DISCARD | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
+	(REQ_WRITE | REQ_FAILFAST_MASK | REQ_SYNC | REQ_META | REQ_DISCARD | \
+	 REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
 #define REQ_CLONE_MASK		REQ_COMMON_MASK
 
 #define REQ_UNPLUG		(1 << __REQ_UNPLUG)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 5027a599077d..aae86fd10c4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ static inline void blk_clear_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int sync)
  * it already be started by driver.
  */
 #define RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS	\
-	(REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_STARTED | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_SOFTBARRIER | \
-	 REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
+	(REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_STARTED | REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
 #define rq_mergeable(rq)	\
 	(!((rq)->cmd_flags & RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS) && \
 	 (((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD) || \
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index bc251ed66724..7b8ec0281548 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ static int act_log_check(struct blk_trace *bt, u32 what, sector_t sector,
 static const u32 ddir_act[2] = { BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_READ),
 				 BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_WRITE) };
 
-#define BLK_TC_HARDBARRIER	BLK_TC_BARRIER
 #define BLK_TC_RAHEAD		BLK_TC_AHEAD
 
 /* The ilog2() calls fall out because they're constant */
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ static void __blk_add_trace(struct blk_trace *bt, sector_t sector, int bytes,
 		return;
 
 	what |= ddir_act[rw & WRITE];
-	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, HARDBARRIER);
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, SYNC);
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, RAHEAD);
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, META);
@@ -1807,8 +1805,6 @@ void blk_fill_rwbs(char *rwbs, u32 rw, int bytes)
 
 	if (rw & REQ_RAHEAD)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'A';
-	if (rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-		rwbs[i++] = 'B';
 	if (rw & REQ_SYNC)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'S';
 	if (rw & REQ_META)