diff --git a/config/kernel-blk-requeue-request.m4 b/config/kernel-blk-requeue-request.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 286c4b9d0..000000000
--- a/config/kernel-blk-requeue-request.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-dnl #
-dnl # 2.6.31 API change
-dnl # Request queue peek/retrieval interface cleanup, the
-dnl # elv_requeue_request() function has been replaced with the
-dnl # blk_requeue_request() function.
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLK_REQUEUE_REQUEST], [
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether blk_requeue_request() is available])
-	tmp_flags="$EXTRA_KCFLAGS"
-	EXTRA_KCFLAGS="${NO_UNUSED_BUT_SET_VARIABLE}"
-	ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
-		#include <linux/blkdev.h>
-	],[
-		struct request_queue *q = NULL;
-		struct request *req = NULL;
-		blk_requeue_request(q, req);
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BLK_REQUEUE_REQUEST, 1,
-		          [blk_requeue_request() is available])
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-	])
-	EXTRA_KCFLAGS="$tmp_flags"
-])
diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index dfaa4c64a..9ac3da03e 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_CONFIG_KERNEL], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLK_QUEUE_NONROT
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLK_QUEUE_DISCARD
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLK_FETCH_REQUEST
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLK_REQUEUE_REQUEST
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLK_RQ_BYTES
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLK_RQ_POS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLK_RQ_SECTORS
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev_compat.h b/include/linux/blkdev_compat.h
index a8a2700af..ba4e97636 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev_compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev_compat.h
@@ -50,14 +50,6 @@ blk_fetch_request(struct request_queue *q)
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_BLK_FETCH_REQUEST */
 
-#ifndef HAVE_BLK_REQUEUE_REQUEST
-static inline void
-blk_requeue_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req)
-{
-	elv_requeue_request(q, req);
-}
-#endif /* HAVE_BLK_REQUEUE_REQUEST */
-
 /*
  * 2.6.36 API change,
  * The blk_queue_flush() interface has replaced blk_queue_ordered()