diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index fc1e16c25a29..797100e10010 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
 #else
 static inline void laptop_sync_completion(void) { }
 #endif
-void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
 bool node_dirty_ok(struct pglist_data *pgdat);
 int wb_domain_init(struct wb_domain *dom, gfp_t gfp);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 28d6f36a2d79..5ed3381818ec 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1965,36 +1965,6 @@ bool wb_over_bg_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	return false;
 }
 
-void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	unsigned long background_thresh;
-	unsigned long dirty_thresh;
-
-        for ( ; ; ) {
-		global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
-		dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(&global_wb_domain, dirty_thresh);
-
-                /*
-                 * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
-                 * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
-                 */
-                dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10;      /* wheeee... */
-
-                if (global_node_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
-			global_node_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
-                        	break;
-                congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
-
-		/*
-		 * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
-		 * or progress in the filesystem.  So we cannot just sit here
-		 * waiting for IO to complete.
-		 */
-		if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO))
-			break;
-        }
-}
-
 /*
  * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
  */
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index f406e6fbaaa5..d3715c1b2e36 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2418,8 +2418,6 @@ static void shrink_node_memcg(struct pglist_data *pgdat, struct mem_cgroup *memc
 	if (inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, false, sc))
 		shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, lruvec,
 				   sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON);
-
-	throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
 }
 
 /* Use reclaim/compaction for costly allocs or under memory pressure */