diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 34f5701d9555..0d6d8b573652 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ unsigned int sign_CIFS_PDUs = 1;
 extern struct task_struct *oplockThread; /* remove sparse warning */
 struct task_struct *oplockThread = NULL;
 /* extern struct task_struct * dnotifyThread; remove sparse warning */
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-static struct task_struct *dnotifyThread = NULL;
-#endif
 static const struct super_operations cifs_super_ops;
 unsigned int CIFSMaxBufSize = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE;
 module_param(CIFSMaxBufSize, int, 0);
@@ -1041,34 +1038,6 @@ static int cifs_oplock_thread(void *dummyarg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-static int cifs_dnotify_thread(void *dummyarg)
-{
-	struct list_head *tmp;
-	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
-
-	do {
-		if (try_to_freeze())
-			continue;
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		schedule_timeout(15*HZ);
-		/* check if any stuck requests that need
-		   to be woken up and wakeq so the
-		   thread can wake up and error out */
-		read_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
-		list_for_each(tmp, &cifs_tcp_ses_list) {
-			server = list_entry(tmp, struct TCP_Server_Info,
-					 tcp_ses_list);
-			if (atomic_read(&server->inFlight))
-				wake_up_all(&server->response_q);
-		}
-		read_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
-	} while (!kthread_should_stop());
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 static int __init
 init_cifs(void)
 {
@@ -1145,21 +1114,8 @@ init_cifs(void)
 		goto out_unregister_dfs_key_type;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-	dnotifyThread = kthread_run(cifs_dnotify_thread, NULL, "cifsdnotifyd");
-	if (IS_ERR(dnotifyThread)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(dnotifyThread);
-		cERROR(1, ("error %d create dnotify thread", rc));
-		goto out_stop_oplock_thread;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	return 0;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
- out_stop_oplock_thread:
-#endif
-	kthread_stop(oplockThread);
  out_unregister_dfs_key_type:
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
 	unregister_key_type(&key_type_dns_resolver);
@@ -1197,9 +1153,6 @@ exit_cifs(void)
 	cifs_destroy_inodecache();
 	cifs_destroy_mids();
 	cifs_destroy_request_bufs();
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-	kthread_stop(dnotifyThread);
-#endif
 	kthread_stop(oplockThread);
 }