diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 605df9b3de8f..4db46f2fcbe5 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -239,15 +239,6 @@ void blk_queue_max_sectors(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int max_hw_sectors)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_sectors);
 
-void blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int max_sectors)
-{
-	if (BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS > max_sectors)
-		q->limits.max_hw_sectors = BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS;
-	else
-		q->limits.max_hw_sectors = max_sectors;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_hw_sectors);
-
 /**
  * blk_queue_max_discard_sectors - set max sectors for a single discard
  * @q:  the request queue for the device
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 2f17793048e7..c051cea2df07 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -922,7 +922,6 @@ extern void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *);
 extern void blk_queue_make_request(struct request_queue *, make_request_fn *);
 extern void blk_queue_bounce_limit(struct request_queue *, u64);
 extern void blk_queue_max_sectors(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
-extern void blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
 extern void blk_queue_max_phys_segments(struct request_queue *, unsigned short);
 extern void blk_queue_max_hw_segments(struct request_queue *, unsigned short);
 extern void blk_queue_max_segment_size(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);