diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index f5af2527fc69..2cd5ea2042ed 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ require use of the stronger protocol */
 #define   CIFSSEC_MUST_SEAL	0x40040 /* not supported yet */
 #define   CIFSSEC_MUST_NTLMSSP	0x80080 /* raw ntlmssp with ntlmv2 */
 
-#define   CIFSSEC_DEF (CIFSSEC_MAY_SIGN | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLM | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMV2 | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP)
+#define   CIFSSEC_DEF (CIFSSEC_MAY_SIGN | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP)
 #define   CIFSSEC_MAX (CIFSSEC_MUST_SIGN | CIFSSEC_MUST_NTLMV2)
 #define   CIFSSEC_AUTH_MASK (CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLM | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMV2 | CIFSSEC_MAY_LANMAN | CIFSSEC_MAY_PLNTXT | CIFSSEC_MAY_KRB5 | CIFSSEC_MAY_NTLMSSP)
 /*
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 5c670b998ffb..32fb50e7932b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2397,8 +2397,6 @@ cifs_set_cifscreds(struct smb_vol *vol __attribute__((unused)),
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEYS */
 
-static bool warned_on_ntlm;  /* globals init to false automatically */
-
 static struct cifs_ses *
 cifs_get_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 {
@@ -2475,14 +2473,6 @@ cifs_get_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 	ses->cred_uid = volume_info->cred_uid;
 	ses->linux_uid = volume_info->linux_uid;
 
-	/* ntlmv2 is much stronger than ntlm security, and has been broadly
-	supported for many years, time to update default security mechanism */
-	if ((volume_info->secFlg == 0) && warned_on_ntlm == false) {
-		warned_on_ntlm = true;
-		cERROR(1, "default security mechanism requested.  The default "
-			"security mechanism will be upgraded from ntlm to "
-			"ntlmv2 in kernel release 3.3");
-	}
 	ses->overrideSecFlg = volume_info->secFlg;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ses->session_mutex);