diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index b0be09279943..ffc161906d36 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct snd_pcm_ops {
 #endif
 
 #define SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_RESET		0
-#define SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_INFO		1
+/* 1 is absent slot. */
 #define SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_CHANNEL_INFO	2
 #define SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_GSTATE		3
 #define SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_FIFO_SIZE	4
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
index 5bc7ddf8fc70..3ce2b8771762 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
@@ -1849,8 +1849,6 @@ int snd_pcm_lib_ioctl(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		      unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 {
 	switch (cmd) {
-	case SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_INFO:
-		return 0;
 	case SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_RESET:
 		return snd_pcm_lib_ioctl_reset(substream, arg);
 	case SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_CHANNEL_INFO:
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 0ad194002c0c..9b6dcdea4431 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -214,11 +214,7 @@ int snd_pcm_info(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct snd_pcm_info *info)
 	info->subdevices_avail = pstr->substream_count - pstr->substream_opened;
 	strlcpy(info->subname, substream->name, sizeof(info->subname));
 	runtime = substream->runtime;
-	/* AB: FIXME!!! This is definitely nonsense */
-	if (runtime) {
-		info->sync = runtime->sync;
-		substream->ops->ioctl(substream, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL1_INFO, info);
-	}
+
 	return 0;
 }