diff --git a/config/spl-build.m4 b/config/spl-build.m4
index b2a50bf16..8e9dc99ff 100644
--- a/config/spl-build.m4
+++ b/config/spl-build.m4
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_CONFIG_KERNEL], [
 	SPL_AC_CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
 	SPL_AC_PDE_DATA
 	SPL_AC_SET_FS_PWD_WITH_CONST
-	SPL_AC_2ARGS_VFS_UNLINK
-	SPL_AC_4ARGS_VFS_RENAME
 	SPL_AC_2ARGS_VFS_FSYNC
 	SPL_AC_INODE_TRUNCATE_RANGE
 	SPL_AC_FS_STRUCT_SPINLOCK
@@ -933,105 +931,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_SET_FS_PWD_WITH_CONST],
 	EXTRA_KCFLAGS="$tmp_flags"
 ])
 
-dnl #
-dnl # 3.13 API change
-dnl # vfs_unlink() updated to take a third delegated_inode argument.
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_2ARGS_VFS_UNLINK],
-	[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether vfs_unlink() wants 2 args])
-	SPL_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
-		#include <linux/fs.h>
-	],[
-		vfs_unlink((struct inode *) NULL, (struct dentry *) NULL);
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_UNLINK, 1,
-		          [vfs_unlink() wants 2 args])
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-		dnl #
-		dnl # Linux 3.13 API change
-		dnl # Added delegated inode
-		dnl #
-		AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether vfs_unlink() wants 3 args])
-		SPL_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
-			#include <linux/fs.h>
-		],[
-			vfs_unlink((struct inode *) NULL,
-				(struct dentry *) NULL,
-				(struct inode **) NULL);
-		],[
-			AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_3ARGS_VFS_UNLINK, 1,
-				  [vfs_unlink() wants 3 args])
-		],[
-			AC_MSG_ERROR(no)
-		])
-
-	])
-])
-
-dnl #
-dnl # 3.13 and 3.15 API changes
-dnl # Added delegated inode and flags argument.
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_4ARGS_VFS_RENAME],
-	[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether vfs_rename() wants 4 args])
-	SPL_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
-		#include <linux/fs.h>
-	],[
-		vfs_rename((struct inode *) NULL, (struct dentry *) NULL,
-			(struct inode *) NULL, (struct dentry *) NULL);
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_4ARGS_VFS_RENAME, 1,
-		          [vfs_rename() wants 4 args])
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-		dnl #
-		dnl # Linux 3.13 API change
-		dnl # Added delegated inode
-		dnl #
-		AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether vfs_rename() wants 5 args])
-		SPL_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
-			#include <linux/fs.h>
-		],[
-			vfs_rename((struct inode *) NULL,
-				(struct dentry *) NULL,
-				(struct inode *) NULL,
-				(struct dentry *) NULL,
-				(struct inode **) NULL);
-		],[
-			AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_5ARGS_VFS_RENAME, 1,
-				  [vfs_rename() wants 5 args])
-		],[
-			AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-			dnl #
-			dnl # Linux 3.15 API change
-			dnl # Added flags
-			dnl #
-			AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether vfs_rename() wants 6 args])
-			SPL_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
-				#include <linux/fs.h>
-			],[
-				vfs_rename((struct inode *) NULL,
-					(struct dentry *) NULL,
-					(struct inode *) NULL,
-					(struct dentry *) NULL,
-					(struct inode **) NULL,
-					(unsigned int) 0);
-			],[
-				AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-				AC_DEFINE(HAVE_6ARGS_VFS_RENAME, 1,
-					  [vfs_rename() wants 6 args])
-			],[
-				AC_MSG_ERROR(no)
-			])
-		])
-	])
-])
-
 dnl #
 dnl # 2.6.36 API change,
 dnl # The 'struct fs_struct->lock' was changed from a rwlock_t to
diff --git a/include/sys/vnode.h b/include/sys/vnode.h
index 9fa769e03..9ae48c7f0 100644
--- a/include/sys/vnode.h
+++ b/include/sys/vnode.h
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ extern int vn_rdwr(uio_rw_t uio, vnode_t *vp, void *addr, ssize_t len,
 extern int vn_close(vnode_t *vp, int flags, int x1, int x2, void *x3, void *x4);
 extern int vn_seek(vnode_t *vp, offset_t o, offset_t *op, void *ct);
 
-extern int vn_remove(const char *path, uio_seg_t seg, int flags);
-extern int vn_rename(const char *path1, const char *path2, int x1);
 extern int vn_getattr(vnode_t *vp, vattr_t *vap, int flags, void *x3, void *x4);
 extern int vn_fsync(vnode_t *vp, int flags, void *x3, void *x4);
 extern int vn_space(vnode_t *vp, int cmd, struct flock *bfp, int flag,
diff --git a/module/spl/spl-vnode.c b/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
index a54807db1..38f64a478 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
@@ -282,223 +282,6 @@ vn_seek(vnode_t *vp, offset_t ooff, offset_t *noffp, void *ct)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vn_seek);
 
-/*
- * spl_basename() takes a NULL-terminated string s as input containing a path.
- * It returns a char pointer to a string and a length that describe the
- * basename of the path. If the basename is not "." or "/", it will be an index
- * into the string. While the string should be NULL terminated, the section
- * referring to the basename is not. spl_basename is dual-licensed GPLv2+ and
- * CC0. Anyone wishing to reuse it in another codebase may pick either license.
- */
-static void
-spl_basename(const char *s, const char **str, int *len)
-{
-	size_t i, end;
-
-	ASSERT(str);
-	ASSERT(len);
-
-	if (!s || !*s) {
-		*str = ".";
-		*len = 1;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	i = strlen(s) - 1;
-
-	while (i && s[i--] == '/');
-
-	if (i == 0) {
-		*str = "/";
-		*len = 1;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	end = i;
-
-	for (end = i; i; i--) {
-		if (s[i] == '/') {
-			*str = &s[i+1];
-			*len = end - i + 1;
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
-	*str = s;
-	*len = end + 1;
-}
-
-static struct dentry *
-spl_kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
-{
-	struct path parent;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	const char *basename;
-	int len;
-	int rc;
-
-	ASSERT(name);
-	ASSERT(path);
-
-	spl_basename(name, &basename, &len);
-
-	/* We do not accept "." or ".." */
-	if (len <= 2 && basename[0] == '.')
-		if (len == 1 || basename[1] == '.')
-			return (ERR_PTR(-EACCES));
-
-	rc = kern_path(name, LOOKUP_PARENT, &parent);
-	if (rc)
-		return (ERR_PTR(rc));
-
-	/* use I_MUTEX_PARENT because vfs_unlink needs it */
-	spl_inode_lock_nested(parent.dentry->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-
-	dentry = lookup_one_len(basename, parent.dentry, len);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		spl_inode_unlock(parent.dentry->d_inode);
-		path_put(&parent);
-	} else {
-		*path = parent;
-	}
-
-	return (dentry);
-}
-
-/* Based on do_unlinkat() from linux/fs/namei.c */
-int
-vn_remove(const char *path, uio_seg_t seg, int flags)
-{
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct path parent;
-	struct inode *inode = NULL;
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	ASSERT(seg == UIO_SYSSPACE);
-	ASSERT(flags == RMFILE);
-
-	dentry = spl_kern_path_locked(path, &parent);
-	rc = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		if (parent.dentry->d_name.name[parent.dentry->d_name.len]) {
-			rc = 0;
-			goto slashes;
-		}
-
-		inode = dentry->d_inode;
-		if (inode) {
-			atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
-		} else {
-			rc = 0;
-			goto slashes;
-		}
-
-#ifdef HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_UNLINK
-		rc = vfs_unlink(parent.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
-#else
-		rc = vfs_unlink(parent.dentry->d_inode, dentry, NULL);
-#endif /* HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_UNLINK */
-exit1:
-		dput(dentry);
-	} else {
-		return (-rc);
-	}
-
-	spl_inode_unlock(parent.dentry->d_inode);
-	if (inode)
-		iput(inode);    /* truncate the inode here */
-
-	path_put(&parent);
-	return (-rc);
-
-slashes:
-	rc = !dentry->d_inode ? -ENOENT :
-	    S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode) ? -EISDIR : -ENOTDIR;
-	goto exit1;
-} /* vn_remove() */
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vn_remove);
-
-/* Based on do_rename() from linux/fs/namei.c */
-int
-vn_rename(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int x1)
-{
-	struct dentry *old_dir, *new_dir;
-	struct dentry *old_dentry, *new_dentry;
-	struct dentry *trap;
-	struct path old_parent, new_parent;
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	old_dentry = spl_kern_path_locked(oldname, &old_parent);
-	if (IS_ERR(old_dentry)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(old_dentry);
-		goto exit;
-	}
-
-	spl_inode_unlock(old_parent.dentry->d_inode);
-
-	new_dentry = spl_kern_path_locked(newname, &new_parent);
-	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
-		goto exit2;
-	}
-
-	spl_inode_unlock(new_parent.dentry->d_inode);
-
-	rc = -EXDEV;
-	if (old_parent.mnt != new_parent.mnt)
-		goto exit3;
-
-	old_dir = old_parent.dentry;
-	new_dir = new_parent.dentry;
-	trap = lock_rename(new_dir, old_dir);
-
-	/* source should not be ancestor of target */
-	rc = -EINVAL;
-	if (old_dentry == trap)
-		goto exit4;
-
-	/* target should not be an ancestor of source */
-	rc = -ENOTEMPTY;
-	if (new_dentry == trap)
-		goto exit4;
-
-	/* source must exist */
-	rc = -ENOENT;
-	if (!old_dentry->d_inode)
-		goto exit4;
-
-	/* unless the source is a directory trailing slashes give -ENOTDIR */
-	if (!S_ISDIR(old_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
-		rc = -ENOTDIR;
-		if (old_dentry->d_name.name[old_dentry->d_name.len])
-			goto exit4;
-		if (new_dentry->d_name.name[new_dentry->d_name.len])
-			goto exit4;
-	}
-
-#if defined(HAVE_4ARGS_VFS_RENAME)
-	rc = vfs_rename(old_dir->d_inode, old_dentry,
-	    new_dir->d_inode, new_dentry);
-#elif defined(HAVE_5ARGS_VFS_RENAME)
-	rc = vfs_rename(old_dir->d_inode, old_dentry,
-	    new_dir->d_inode, new_dentry, NULL);
-#else
-	rc = vfs_rename(old_dir->d_inode, old_dentry,
-	    new_dir->d_inode, new_dentry, NULL, 0);
-#endif
-exit4:
-	unlock_rename(new_dir, old_dir);
-exit3:
-	dput(new_dentry);
-	path_put(&new_parent);
-exit2:
-	dput(old_dentry);
-	path_put(&old_parent);
-exit:
-	return (-rc);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vn_rename);
-
 int
 vn_getattr(vnode_t *vp, vattr_t *vap, int flags, void *x3, void *x4)
 {
diff --git a/module/splat/splat-vnode.c b/module/splat/splat-vnode.c
index 9b308975c..4ccf24f1e 100644
--- a/module/splat/splat-vnode.c
+++ b/module/splat/splat-vnode.c
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
 #define SPLAT_VNODE_TEST3_NAME		"vn_rdwr"
 #define SPLAT_VNODE_TEST3_DESC		"Vn_rdwrt Test"
 
-#define SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_ID		0x0904
-#define SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME		"vn_rename"
-#define SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_DESC		"Vn_rename Test"
-
 #define SPLAT_VNODE_TEST5_ID		0x0905
 #define SPLAT_VNODE_TEST5_NAME		"vn_getattr"
 #define SPLAT_VNODE_TEST5_DESC		"Vn_getattr Test"
@@ -218,94 +214,10 @@ splat_vnode_test3(struct file *file, void *arg)
 
 out:
         VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-	vn_remove(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
 
         return -rc;
 } /* splat_vnode_test3() */
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(4,1,0)
-static int
-splat_vnode_test4(struct file *file, void *arg)
-{
-	vnode_t *vp;
-	char buf1[32] = "SPL VNode Interface Test File\n";
-	char buf2[32] = "";
-	int rc;
-
-	if ((rc = splat_vnode_unlink_all(file, arg, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME)))
-		return rc;
-
-	if ((rc = vn_open(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1, UIO_SYSSPACE,
-			  FWRITE | FREAD | FCREAT | FEXCL, 0644, &vp, 0, 0))) {
-		splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME,
-			     "Failed to vn_open test file: %s (%d)\n",
-			     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1, rc);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-        rc = vn_rdwr(UIO_WRITE, vp, buf1, strlen(buf1), 0,
-                     UIO_SYSSPACE, 0, RLIM64_INFINITY, 0, NULL);
-	if (rc) {
-		splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME,
-			     "Failed vn_rdwr write of test file: %s (%d)\n",
-			     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1, rc);
-		goto out2;
-	}
-
-        VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-
-	rc = vn_rename(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1,SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2,0);
-	if (rc) {
-		splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME, "Failed vn_rename "
-			     "%s -> %s (%d)\n",
-			     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1,
-			     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2, rc);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if ((rc = vn_open(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2, UIO_SYSSPACE,
-			  FREAD | FEXCL, 0644, &vp, 0, 0))) {
-		splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME,
-			     "Failed to vn_open test file: %s (%d)\n",
-			     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2, rc);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-        rc = vn_rdwr(UIO_READ, vp, buf2, strlen(buf1), 0,
-                     UIO_SYSSPACE, 0, RLIM64_INFINITY, 0, NULL);
-	if (rc) {
-		splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME,
-			     "Failed vn_rdwr read of test file: %s (%d)\n",
-			     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2, rc);
-		goto out2;
-	}
-
-	if (strncmp(buf1, buf2, strlen(buf1))) {
-		rc = EINVAL;
-		splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME,
-			     "Failed strncmp data written does not match "
-			     "data read\nWrote: %sRead:  %s\n", buf1, buf2);
-		goto out2;
-	}
-
-	rc = 0;
-	splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME, "Wrote to %s:  %s",
-		     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1, buf1);
-	splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME, "Read from %s: %s",
-		     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2, buf2);
-	splat_vprint(file, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME, "Successfully renamed "
-		     "test file %s -> %s and verified data pattern\n",
-		     SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2);
-out2:
-        VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-out:
-	vn_remove(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW1, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
-	vn_remove(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW2, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
-
-        return -rc;
-} /* splat_vnode_test4() */
-#endif
-
 static int
 splat_vnode_test5(struct file *file, void *arg)
 {
@@ -387,7 +299,6 @@ 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_remove(SPLAT_VNODE_TEST_FILE_RW, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
 
         return -rc;
 } /* splat_vnode_test6() */
@@ -415,10 +326,6 @@ splat_vnode_init(void)
 	                SPLAT_VNODE_TEST2_ID, splat_vnode_test2);
         splat_test_init(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST3_NAME, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST3_DESC,
 	                SPLAT_VNODE_TEST3_ID, splat_vnode_test3);
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(4,1,0)
-        splat_test_init(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_NAME, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_DESC,
-	                SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_ID, splat_vnode_test4);
-#endif
         splat_test_init(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST5_NAME, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST5_DESC,
 	                SPLAT_VNODE_TEST5_ID, splat_vnode_test5);
         splat_test_init(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST6_NAME, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST6_DESC,
@@ -434,9 +341,6 @@ splat_vnode_fini(splat_subsystem_t *sub)
 
         splat_test_fini(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST6_ID);
         splat_test_fini(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST5_ID);
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(4,1,0)
-        splat_test_fini(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST4_ID);
-#endif
         splat_test_fini(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST3_ID);
         splat_test_fini(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST2_ID);
         splat_test_fini(sub, SPLAT_VNODE_TEST1_ID);