diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index c6c1f4a120e3..5e2e7297dfaa 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	int objects;		/* Number of objects in slab */
 	int refcount;		/* Refcount for slab cache destroy */
 	void (*ctor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long);
-	void (*dtor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long);
 	int inuse;		/* Offset to metadata */
 	int align;		/* Alignment */
 	const char *name;	/* Name (only for display!) */
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 944b20581f8c..12344432e201 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -409,9 +409,6 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	/* constructor func */
 	void (*ctor) (void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long);
 
-	/* de-constructor func */
-	void (*dtor) (void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long);
-
 /* 5) cache creation/removal */
 	const char *name;
 	struct list_head next;
@@ -1911,20 +1908,11 @@ static void slab_destroy_objs(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct slab *slabp)
 				slab_error(cachep, "end of a freed object "
 					   "was overwritten");
 		}
-		if (cachep->dtor && !(cachep->flags & SLAB_POISON))
-			(cachep->dtor) (objp + obj_offset(cachep), cachep, 0);
 	}
 }
 #else
 static void slab_destroy_objs(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct slab *slabp)
 {
-	if (cachep->dtor) {
-		int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < cachep->num; i++) {
-			void *objp = index_to_obj(cachep, slabp, i);
-			(cachep->dtor) (objp, cachep, 0);
-		}
-	}
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -2124,7 +2112,7 @@ static int setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
  * @align: The required alignment for the objects.
  * @flags: SLAB flags
  * @ctor: A constructor for the objects.
- * @dtor: A destructor for the objects.
+ * @dtor: A destructor for the objects (not implemented anymore).
  *
  * Returns a ptr to the cache on success, NULL on failure.
  * Cannot be called within a int, but can be interrupted.
@@ -2159,7 +2147,7 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
 	 * Sanity checks... these are all serious usage bugs.
 	 */
 	if (!name || in_interrupt() || (size < BYTES_PER_WORD) ||
-	    (size > (1 << MAX_OBJ_ORDER) * PAGE_SIZE) || (dtor && !ctor)) {
+	    (size > (1 << MAX_OBJ_ORDER) * PAGE_SIZE) || dtor) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Early error in slab %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
 				name);
 		BUG();
@@ -2213,9 +2201,6 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
 	if (flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
 		BUG_ON(flags & SLAB_POISON);
 #endif
-	if (flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
-		BUG_ON(dtor);
-
 	/*
 	 * Always checks flags, a caller might be expecting debug support which
 	 * isn't available.
@@ -2370,7 +2355,6 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
 		BUG_ON(!cachep->slabp_cache);
 	}
 	cachep->ctor = ctor;
-	cachep->dtor = dtor;
 	cachep->name = name;
 
 	if (setup_cpu_cache(cachep)) {
@@ -2835,7 +2819,6 @@ failed:
  * Perform extra freeing checks:
  * - detect bad pointers.
  * - POISON/RED_ZONE checking
- * - destructor calls, for caches with POISON+dtor
  */
 static void kfree_debugcheck(const void *objp)
 {
@@ -2894,12 +2877,6 @@ static void *cache_free_debugcheck(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
 	BUG_ON(objnr >= cachep->num);
 	BUG_ON(objp != index_to_obj(cachep, slabp, objnr));
 
-	if (cachep->flags & SLAB_POISON && cachep->dtor) {
-		/* we want to cache poison the object,
-		 * call the destruction callback
-		 */
-		cachep->dtor(objp + obj_offset(cachep), cachep, 0);
-	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 	slab_bufctl(slabp)[objnr] = BUFCTL_FREE;
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 57bb72ed0d46..79164a4f54ad 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	const char *name;
 	void (*ctor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long);
-	void (*dtor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long);
 };
 
 struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
@@ -296,13 +295,11 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 		c->name = name;
 		c->size = size;
 		if (flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU) {
-			BUG_ON(dtor);
 			/* leave room for rcu footer at the end of object */
 			c->size += sizeof(struct slob_rcu);
 		}
 		c->flags = flags;
 		c->ctor = ctor;
-		c->dtor = dtor;
 		/* ignore alignment unless it's forced */
 		c->align = (flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) ? SLOB_ALIGN : 0;
 		if (c->align < align)
@@ -371,8 +368,6 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *c, void *b)
 		slob_rcu->size = c->size;
 		call_rcu(&slob_rcu->head, kmem_rcu_free);
 	} else {
-		if (c->dtor)
-			c->dtor(b, c, 0);
 		__kmem_cache_free(b, c->size);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 5e3e8bc9838f..022c1b4d74d4 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -891,13 +891,13 @@ static void kmem_cache_open_debug_check(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	 * On 32 bit platforms the limit is 256k. On 64bit platforms
 	 * the limit is 512k.
 	 *
-	 * Debugging or ctor/dtors may create a need to move the free
+	 * Debugging or ctor may create a need to move the free
 	 * pointer. Fail if this happens.
 	 */
 	if (s->size >= 65535 * sizeof(void *)) {
 		BUG_ON(s->flags & (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON |
 				SLAB_STORE_USER | SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU));
-		BUG_ON(s->ctor || s->dtor);
+		BUG_ON(s->ctor);
 	}
 	else
 		/*
@@ -1030,15 +1030,12 @@ static void __free_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 {
 	int pages = 1 << s->order;
 
-	if (unlikely(SlabDebug(page) || s->dtor)) {
+	if (unlikely(SlabDebug(page))) {
 		void *p;
 
 		slab_pad_check(s, page);
-		for_each_object(p, s, page_address(page)) {
-			if (s->dtor)
-				s->dtor(p, s, 0);
+		for_each_object(p, s, page_address(page))
 			check_object(s, page, p, 0);
-		}
 	}
 
 	mod_zone_page_state(page_zone(page),
@@ -1871,7 +1868,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	 * then we should never poison the object itself.
 	 */
 	if ((flags & SLAB_POISON) && !(flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU) &&
-			!s->ctor && !s->dtor)
+			!s->ctor)
 		s->flags |= __OBJECT_POISON;
 	else
 		s->flags &= ~__OBJECT_POISON;
@@ -1901,7 +1898,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
 	if (((flags & (SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_POISON)) ||
-		s->ctor || s->dtor)) {
+		s->ctor)) {
 		/*
 		 * Relocate free pointer after the object if it is not
 		 * permitted to overwrite the first word of the object on
@@ -1970,13 +1967,11 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags,
 		const char *name, size_t size,
 		size_t align, unsigned long flags,
-		void (*ctor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long),
-		void (*dtor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long))
+		void (*ctor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long))
 {
 	memset(s, 0, kmem_size);
 	s->name = name;
 	s->ctor = ctor;
-	s->dtor = dtor;
 	s->objsize = size;
 	s->flags = flags;
 	s->align = align;
@@ -2161,7 +2156,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_kmalloc_cache(struct kmem_cache *s,
 
 	down_write(&slub_lock);
 	if (!kmem_cache_open(s, gfp_flags, name, size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN,
-			flags, NULL, NULL))
+			flags, NULL))
 		goto panic;
 
 	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
@@ -2463,7 +2458,7 @@ static int slab_unmergeable(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	if (slub_nomerge || (s->flags & SLUB_NEVER_MERGE))
 		return 1;
 
-	if (s->ctor || s->dtor)
+	if (s->ctor)
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2471,15 +2466,14 @@ static int slab_unmergeable(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 static struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(size_t size,
 		size_t align, unsigned long flags,
-		void (*ctor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long),
-		void (*dtor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long))
+		void (*ctor)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long))
 {
 	struct list_head *h;
 
 	if (slub_nomerge || (flags & SLUB_NEVER_MERGE))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (ctor || dtor)
+	if (ctor)
 		return NULL;
 
 	size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(void *));
@@ -2521,8 +2515,9 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
+	BUG_ON(dtor);
 	down_write(&slub_lock);
-	s = find_mergeable(size, align, flags, ctor, dtor);
+	s = find_mergeable(size, align, flags, ctor);
 	if (s) {
 		s->refcount++;
 		/*
@@ -2536,7 +2531,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 	} else {
 		s = kmalloc(kmem_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (s && kmem_cache_open(s, GFP_KERNEL, name,
-				size, align, flags, ctor, dtor)) {
+				size, align, flags, ctor)) {
 			if (sysfs_slab_add(s)) {
 				kfree(s);
 				goto err;
@@ -3177,17 +3172,6 @@ static ssize_t ctor_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
 }
 SLAB_ATTR_RO(ctor);
 
-static ssize_t dtor_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
-{
-	if (s->dtor) {
-		int n = sprint_symbol(buf, (unsigned long)s->dtor);
-
-		return n + sprintf(buf + n, "\n");
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-SLAB_ATTR_RO(dtor);
-
 static ssize_t aliases_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", s->refcount - 1);
@@ -3419,7 +3403,6 @@ static struct attribute * slab_attrs[] = {
 	&partial_attr.attr,
 	&cpu_slabs_attr.attr,
 	&ctor_attr.attr,
-	&dtor_attr.attr,
 	&aliases_attr.attr,
 	&align_attr.attr,
 	&sanity_checks_attr.attr,