diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index 5623785..9d5aa46 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_CONFIG_KERNEL], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_INVALIDATE_BDEV_ARGS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BDEV_LOGICAL_BLOCK_SIZE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BDEV_PHYSICAL_BLOCK_SIZE
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BIO_EMPTY_BARRIER
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BIO_FAILFAST
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BIO_FAILFAST_DTD
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_REQ_FAILFAST_MASK
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
index cbf0a4d..e902a70 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
@@ -604,8 +604,6 @@
 	return __vdev_disk_physio(bdev, NULL, kbuf, size, offset, flags);
 }
 
-/* 2.6.24 API change */
-#ifdef HAVE_BIO_EMPTY_BARRIER
 BIO_END_IO_PROTO(vdev_disk_io_flush_completion, bio, size, rc)
 {
 	zio_t *zio = bio->bi_private;
@@ -646,13 +644,6 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-#else
-static int
-vdev_disk_io_flush(struct block_device *bdev, zio_t *zio)
-{
-	return ENOTSUP;
-}
-#endif /* HAVE_BIO_EMPTY_BARRIER */
 
 static int
 vdev_disk_io_start(zio_t *zio)
-- 
1.7.10