diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 5bc3a4b245bb..bd064a2c3550 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -54,20 +54,6 @@
 #include <asm/ioctls.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-int compat_log = 1;
-
-int compat_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	int ret;
-	if (!compat_log)
-		return 0;
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	ret = vprintk(fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * Not all architectures have sys_utime, so implement this in terms
  * of sys_utimes.
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index f964ef79e0ad..63609398ef9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_settimeofday(struct compat_timeval __user *tv,
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_adjtimex(struct compat_timex __user *utp);
 
-extern __printf(1, 2) int compat_printk(const char *fmt, ...);
 extern void sigset_from_compat(sigset_t *set, const compat_sigset_t *compat);
 extern void sigset_to_compat(compat_sigset_t *compat, const sigset_t *set);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index d66321036f21..98ba312d1088 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ extern unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
 extern int pid_max;
 extern int pid_max_min, pid_max_max;
 extern int percpu_pagelist_fraction;
-extern int compat_log;
 extern int latencytop_enabled;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max;
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -1084,15 +1083,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= &neg_one,
 	},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-	{
-		.procname	= "compat-log",
-		.data		= &compat_log,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof (int),
-	 	.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
 	{
 		.procname	= "max_lock_depth",