diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c
index b90742595317..50d245e8c913 100644
--- a/block/fops.c
+++ b/block/fops.c
@@ -405,12 +405,6 @@ static int blkdev_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int blkdev_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
-			     struct writeback_control *wbc)
-{
-	return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
-}
-
 const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
 	.dirty_folio	= block_dirty_folio,
 	.invalidate_folio = block_invalidate_folio,
@@ -419,7 +413,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
 	.writepage	= blkdev_writepage,
 	.write_begin	= blkdev_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= blkdev_write_end,
-	.writepages	= blkdev_writepages,
 	.direct_IO	= blkdev_direct_IO,
 	.migrate_folio	= buffer_migrate_folio_norefs,
 	.is_dirty_writeback = buffer_check_dirty_writeback,