diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 93d088ffc05c..07ddccd17801 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -54,18 +54,6 @@ struct block_device *I_BDEV(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(I_BDEV);
 
-void __vfs_msg(struct super_block *sb, const char *prefix, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	struct va_format vaf;
-	va_list args;
-
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	vaf.fmt = fmt;
-	vaf.va = &args;
-	printk_ratelimited("%sVFS (%s): %pV\n", prefix, sb->s_id, &vaf);
-	va_end(args);
-}
-
 static void bdev_write_inode(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = bdev->bd_inode;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 9fb71fc7d0e8..72637028f3c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -917,17 +917,6 @@ static inline void rq_flush_dcache_pages(struct request *rq)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
-#define vfs_msg(sb, level, fmt, ...)				\
-	__vfs_msg(sb, level, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#else
-#define vfs_msg(sb, level, fmt, ...)				\
-do {								\
-	no_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);				\
-	__vfs_msg(sb, "", " ");					\
-} while (0)
-#endif
-
 extern int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk);
 extern void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk);
 extern blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio);