diff --git a/config/kernel-current-time.m4 b/config/kernel-current-time.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index ab7d9c5ce..000000000
--- a/config/kernel-current-time.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-dnl #
-dnl # 4.9, current_time() added
-dnl # 4.18, return type changed from timespec to timespec64
-dnl #
-dnl # Note that we don't care about the return type in this check. If we have
-dnl # to implement a fallback, we'll know we're <4.9, which was timespec.
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_CURRENT_TIME], [
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_SRC([current_time], [
-		#include <linux/fs.h>
-	], [
-		struct inode ip __attribute__ ((unused));
-		(void) current_time(&ip);
-	])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CURRENT_TIME], [
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether current_time() exists])
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT_SYMBOL([current_time],
-	    [current_time], [fs/inode.c], [
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CURRENT_TIME, 1, [current_time() exists])
-	], [
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-	])
-])
diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index ae3ca7a60..179f4ff4d 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TEST_SRC], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_KUIDGID_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_KUID_HELPERS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_RENAME
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_CURRENT_TIME
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_USERNS_CAPABILITIES
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_IN_COMPAT_SYSCALL
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_KTIME
@@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TEST_RESULT], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_KUIDGID_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_KUID_HELPERS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_RENAME
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CURRENT_TIME
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_USERNS_CAPABILITIES
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_IN_COMPAT_SYSCALL
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_KTIME
diff --git a/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/vfs_compat.h b/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/vfs_compat.h
index 3a7a190e5..e55c216ac 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/vfs_compat.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/vfs_compat.h
@@ -291,18 +291,6 @@ func(struct mnt_idmap *user_ns, const struct path *path,	\
 #error
 #endif
 
-/*
- * 4.9 API change
- * Preferred interface to get the current FS time.
- */
-#if !defined(HAVE_CURRENT_TIME)
-static inline struct timespec
-current_time(struct inode *ip)
-{
-	return (timespec_trunc(current_kernel_time(), ip->i_sb->s_time_gran));
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * 4.16 API change
  * Added iversion interface for managing inode version field.