diff --git a/config/kernel-global_page_state.m4 b/config/kernel-global_page_state.m4
index 76f2bba20..114f3c8dc 100644
--- a/config/kernel-global_page_state.m4
+++ b/config/kernel-global_page_state.m4
@@ -1,29 +1,3 @@
-dnl #
-dnl # 4.8 API change
-dnl #
-dnl # 75ef71840539 mm, vmstat: add infrastructure for per-node vmstats
-dnl # 599d0c954f91 mm, vmscan: move LRU lists to node
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_GLOBAL_NODE_PAGE_STATE], [
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_SRC([global_node_page_state], [
-		#include <linux/mm.h>
-		#include <linux/vmstat.h>
-	],[
-		(void) global_node_page_state(0);
-	])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_GLOBAL_NODE_PAGE_STATE], [
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether global_node_page_state() exists])
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([global_node_page_state], [
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(ZFS_GLOBAL_NODE_PAGE_STATE, 1,
-		    [global_node_page_state() exists])
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-	])
-])
-
 dnl #
 dnl # 4.14 API change
 dnl #
@@ -99,7 +73,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_GLOBAL_ZONE_PAGE_STATE_SANITY], [
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_GLOBAL_PAGE_STATE], [
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_GLOBAL_NODE_PAGE_STATE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_GLOBAL_ZONE_PAGE_STATE
 ])
 
@@ -107,7 +80,6 @@ dnl #
 dnl # enum members in which we're interested
 dnl #
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_GLOBAL_PAGE_STATE], [
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_GLOBAL_NODE_PAGE_STATE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_GLOBAL_ZONE_PAGE_STATE
 
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_ENUM_MEMBER([NR_FILE_PAGES],
diff --git a/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/page_compat.h b/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/page_compat.h
index bd6cb398b..040c9b6a9 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/page_compat.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/page_compat.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define	nr_inactive_file_pages() global_zone_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE)
 #endif
 
-#elif	defined(ZFS_GLOBAL_NODE_PAGE_STATE)
+#else
 
 /* global_node_page_state() introduced */
 #if	defined(ZFS_ENUM_NODE_STAT_ITEM_NR_FILE_PAGES)
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@
 #define	nr_inactive_file_pages() global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE)
 #endif
 
-#else
-
-/* global_page_state() only */
-#define	nr_file_pages()			global_page_state(NR_FILE_PAGES)
-#define	nr_inactive_anon_pages()	global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON)
-#define	nr_inactive_file_pages()	global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE)
-
 #endif /* ZFS_GLOBAL_ZONE_PAGE_STATE */
 
 #endif /* _ZFS_PAGE_COMPAT_H */