diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 3aafc15da24a..d342c4c779f7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -9420,7 +9420,6 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK */
 
 	init_rt_bandwidth(&def_rt_bandwidth, global_rt_period(), global_rt_runtime());
-	init_dl_bandwidth(&def_dl_bandwidth, global_rt_period(), global_rt_runtime());
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	init_defrootdomain();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 62f0cf842277..ed4251fa87c7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #include "sched.h"
 #include "pelt.h"
 
-struct dl_bandwidth def_dl_bandwidth;
-
 static inline struct task_struct *dl_task_of(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
 {
 	return container_of(dl_se, struct task_struct, dl);
@@ -423,12 +421,10 @@ void init_dl_bandwidth(struct dl_bandwidth *dl_b, u64 period, u64 runtime)
 void init_dl_bw(struct dl_bw *dl_b)
 {
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&dl_b->lock);
-	raw_spin_lock(&def_dl_bandwidth.dl_runtime_lock);
 	if (global_rt_runtime() == RUNTIME_INF)
 		dl_b->bw = -1;
 	else
 		dl_b->bw = to_ratio(global_rt_period(), global_rt_runtime());
-	raw_spin_unlock(&def_dl_bandwidth.dl_runtime_lock);
 	dl_b->total_bw = 0;
 }
 
@@ -2731,9 +2727,6 @@ void sched_dl_do_global(void)
 	int cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	def_dl_bandwidth.dl_period = global_rt_period();
-	def_dl_bandwidth.dl_runtime = global_rt_runtime();
-
 	if (global_rt_runtime() != RUNTIME_INF)
 		new_bw = to_ratio(global_rt_period(), global_rt_runtime());
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 3da5718cd641..a8b8516b8452 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -2333,7 +2333,6 @@ extern void resched_cpu(int cpu);
 extern struct rt_bandwidth def_rt_bandwidth;
 extern void init_rt_bandwidth(struct rt_bandwidth *rt_b, u64 period, u64 runtime);
 
-extern struct dl_bandwidth def_dl_bandwidth;
 extern void init_dl_bandwidth(struct dl_bandwidth *dl_b, u64 period, u64 runtime);
 extern void init_dl_task_timer(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se);
 extern void init_dl_inactive_task_timer(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se);