diff --git a/config/kernel-wait.m4 b/config/kernel-wait.m4
index 0414242bf..dbc6b423d 100644
--- a/config/kernel-wait.m4
+++ b/config/kernel-wait.m4
@@ -21,35 +21,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_WAIT_QUEUE_ENTRY_T], [
 	])
 ])
 
-dnl #
-dnl # 3.17 API change,
-dnl # wait_on_bit() no longer requires an action argument. The former
-dnl # "wait_on_bit" interface required an 'action' function to be provided
-dnl # which does the actual waiting. There were over 20 such functions in the
-dnl # kernel, many of them identical, though most cases can be satisfied by one
-dnl # of just two functions: one which uses io_schedule() and one which just
-dnl # uses schedule().  This API change was made to consolidate all of those
-dnl # redundant wait functions.
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_WAIT_ON_BIT], [
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_SRC([wait_on_bit], [
-		#include <linux/wait.h>
-	],[
-		int (*action)(void *) = NULL;
-		wait_on_bit(NULL, 0, action, 0);
-	])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_WAIT_ON_BIT], [
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether wait_on_bit() takes an action])
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([wait_on_bit], [
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WAIT_ON_BIT_ACTION, 1, [yes])
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-	])
-])
-
 dnl #
 dnl # 4.13 API change
 dnl # Renamed wait_queue_head::task_list -> wait_queue_head::head
@@ -89,11 +60,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_ENTRY], [
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_WAIT], [
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_WAIT_ON_BIT
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_ENTRY
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_WAIT], [
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_WAIT_ON_BIT
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_ENTRY
 ])
diff --git a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/wait.h b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/wait.h
index 65cd83e5e..da30ccdf6 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/wait.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/wait.h
@@ -27,22 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
-#ifndef HAVE_WAIT_ON_BIT_ACTION
-#define	spl_wait_on_bit(word, bit, mode)	wait_on_bit(word, bit, mode)
-#else
-
-static inline int
-spl_bit_wait(void *word)
-{
-	schedule();
-	return (0);
-}
-
-#define	spl_wait_on_bit(word, bit, mode)		\
-	wait_on_bit(word, bit, spl_bit_wait, mode)
-
-#endif /* HAVE_WAIT_ON_BIT_ACTION */
-
 #ifdef HAVE_WAIT_QUEUE_ENTRY_T
 typedef wait_queue_head_t	spl_wait_queue_head_t;
 typedef wait_queue_entry_t	spl_wait_queue_entry_t;
diff --git a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
index 96b61daf4..7596f97b4 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ spl_cache_grow(spl_kmem_cache_t *skc, int flags, void **obj)
 	 * then return so the local magazine can be rechecked for new objects.
 	 */
 	if (test_bit(KMC_BIT_REAPING, &skc->skc_flags)) {
-		rc = spl_wait_on_bit(&skc->skc_flags, KMC_BIT_REAPING,
+		rc = wait_on_bit(&skc->skc_flags, KMC_BIT_REAPING,
 		    TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		return (rc ? rc : -EAGAIN);
 	}