diff --git a/config/spl-build.m4 b/config/spl-build.m4
index 6c34b9999..5a33f5e8e 100644
--- a/config/spl-build.m4
+++ b/config/spl-build.m4
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_CONFIG_KERNEL], [
 	SPL_AC_SET_FS_PWD_WITH_CONST
 	SPL_AC_2ARGS_VFS_UNLINK
 	SPL_AC_4ARGS_VFS_RENAME
-	SPL_AC_VFS_FSYNC
 	SPL_AC_2ARGS_VFS_FSYNC
 	SPL_AC_INODE_TRUNCATE_RANGE
 	SPL_AC_FS_STRUCT_SPINLOCK
@@ -1178,24 +1177,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_PUT_TASK_STRUCT],
 	])
 ])
 
-dnl #
-dnl # 2.6.29 API change,
-dnl # vfs_fsync() funcation added, prior to this use file_fsync().
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_VFS_FSYNC],
-	[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether vfs_fsync() is available])
-	SPL_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE_SYMBOL([
-		#include <linux/fs.h>
-	], [
-		(void) vfs_fsync;
-	], [vfs_fsync], [fs/sync.c], [
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VFS_FSYNC, 1, [vfs_fsync() is available])
-	], [
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-	])
-])
-
 dnl #
 dnl # 2.6.35 API change,
 dnl # Unused 'struct dentry *' removed from vfs_fsync() prototype.
diff --git a/include/linux/file_compat.h b/include/linux/file_compat.h
index 09d0e8250..a2db2590a 100644
--- a/include/linux/file_compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/file_compat.h
@@ -59,27 +59,22 @@ spl_filp_fallocate(struct file *fp, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	if (fp->f_op->fallocate)
 		error = fp->f_op->fallocate(fp, mode, offset, len);
 #else
-# ifdef HAVE_INODE_FALLOCATE
+#ifdef HAVE_INODE_FALLOCATE
 	if (fp->f_dentry && fp->f_dentry->d_inode &&
 	    fp->f_dentry->d_inode->i_op->fallocate)
 		error = fp->f_dentry->d_inode->i_op->fallocate(
 		    fp->f_dentry->d_inode, mode, offset, len);
-# endif /* HAVE_INODE_FALLOCATE */
+#endif /* HAVE_INODE_FALLOCATE */
 #endif /*HAVE_FILE_FALLOCATE */
 
 	return (error);
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_VFS_FSYNC
-# ifdef HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_FSYNC
-#  define spl_filp_fsync(fp, sync)	vfs_fsync(fp, sync)
-# else
-#  define spl_filp_fsync(fp, sync)	vfs_fsync(fp, (fp)->f_dentry, sync)
-# endif /* HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_FSYNC */
+#ifdef HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_FSYNC
+#define	spl_filp_fsync(fp, sync)	vfs_fsync(fp, sync)
 #else
-# include <linux/buffer_head.h>
-# define spl_filp_fsync(fp, sync)	file_fsync(fp, (fp)->f_dentry, sync)
-#endif /* HAVE_VFS_FSYNC */
+#define	spl_filp_fsync(fp, sync)	vfs_fsync(fp, (fp)->f_dentry, sync)
+#endif /* HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_FSYNC */
 
 #define	spl_inode_lock(ip)		mutex_lock(&(ip)->i_mutex)
 #define	spl_inode_unlock(ip)		mutex_unlock(&(ip)->i_mutex)