diff --git a/include/sys/vnode.h b/include/sys/vnode.h
index e43d9ef62..d017506ba 100644
--- a/include/sys/vnode.h
+++ b/include/sys/vnode.h
@@ -234,24 +234,11 @@ extern int vn_set_pwd(const char *filename);
 int vn_init(void);
 void vn_fini(void);
 
-static __inline__ int
-vn_rele(vnode_t *vp)
-{
-	return 0;
-} /* vn_rele() */
-
-static __inline__ int
-vn_putpage(vnode_t *vp, offset_t off, ssize_t size,
-	   int flags, void *x1, void *x2) {
-	return 0;
-} /* vn_putpage() */
-
 #define VOP_CLOSE				vn_close
 #define VOP_SEEK				vn_seek
-#define VN_RELE					vn_rele
 #define VOP_GETATTR				vn_getattr
 #define VOP_FSYNC				vn_fsync
-#define VOP_PUTPAGE				vn_putpage
+#define VOP_PUTPAGE(vp, o, s, f, x1, x2)	((void)0)
 #define vn_is_readonly(vp)			0
 #define getf					vn_getf
 #define releasef				vn_releasef
diff --git a/module/spl/spl-kobj.c b/module/spl/spl-kobj.c
index 226a12971..684d57226 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-kobj.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-kobj.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ kobj_close_file(struct _buf *file)
 {
 	SENTRY;
 	VOP_CLOSE(file->vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-	VN_RELE(file->vp);
         kfree(file);
         SEXIT;
 } /* kobj_close_file() */
diff --git a/module/splat/splat-vnode.c b/module/splat/splat-vnode.c
index 1955841e2..0cd28a690 100644
--- a/module/splat/splat-vnode.c
+++ b/module/splat/splat-vnode.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ splat_vnode_test1(struct file *file, void *arg)
 	}
 
         rc = VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-        VN_RELE(vp);
 
 	if (rc) {
 		splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST1_NAME,
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ splat_vnode_test2(struct file *file, void *arg)
 	}
 
         rc = VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-        VN_RELE(vp);
 
 	if (rc) {
 		splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST2_NAME,
@@ -224,7 +222,6 @@ splat_vnode_test3(struct file *file, void *arg)
 
 out:
         VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-        VN_RELE(vp);
 	vn_remove(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
 
         return -rc;
@@ -259,7 +256,6 @@ splat_vnode_test4(struct file *file, void *arg)
 	}
 
         VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-        VN_RELE(vp);
 
 	rc = vn_rename(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1,SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2,0);
 	if (rc) {
@@ -305,7 +301,6 @@ splat_vnode_test4(struct file *file, void *arg)
 		     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2);
 out2:
         VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-        VN_RELE(vp);
 out:
 	vn_remove(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
 	vn_remove(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
@@ -350,7 +345,6 @@ splat_vnode_test5(struct file *file, void *arg)
 
 out:
         VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-        VN_RELE(vp);
 
         return -rc;
 } /* splat_vnode_test5() */
@@ -395,7 +389,6 @@ splat_vnode_test6(struct file *file, void *arg)
 		     "fsync'ed test file %s\n", SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW);
 out:
         VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-        VN_RELE(vp);
 	vn_remove(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
 
         return -rc;