diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
index 45cacdcd4746..33946b518148 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
@@ -2930,8 +2930,6 @@ int ubifs_tnc_remove_ino(struct ubifs_info *c, ino_t inum)
 		dbg_tnc("xent '%s', ino %lu", xent->name,
 			(unsigned long)xattr_inum);
 
-		ubifs_evict_xattr_inode(c, xattr_inum);
-
 		fname_name(&nm) = xent->name;
 		fname_len(&nm) = le16_to_cpu(xent->nlen);
 		err = ubifs_tnc_remove_nm(c, &key1, &nm);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index d69a5a42d693..3375bbe0508c 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -2040,13 +2040,10 @@ ssize_t ubifs_xattr_get(struct inode *host, const char *name, void *buf,
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
 extern const struct xattr_handler * const ubifs_xattr_handlers[];
 ssize_t ubifs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
-void ubifs_evict_xattr_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, ino_t xattr_inum);
 int ubifs_purge_xattrs(struct inode *host);
 #else
 #define ubifs_listxattr NULL
 #define ubifs_xattr_handlers NULL
-static inline void ubifs_evict_xattr_inode(struct ubifs_info *c,
-					   ino_t xattr_inum) { }
 static inline int ubifs_purge_xattrs(struct inode *host)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index f734588b224a..c673fd03d9b4 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -570,28 +570,6 @@ int ubifs_purge_xattrs(struct inode *host)
 	return err;
 }
 
-/**
- * ubifs_evict_xattr_inode - Evict an xattr inode.
- * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
- * @xattr_inum: xattr inode number
- *
- * When an inode that hosts xattrs is being removed we have to make sure
- * that cached inodes of the xattrs also get removed from the inode cache
- * otherwise we'd waste memory. This function looks up an inode from the
- * inode cache and clears the link counter such that iput() will evict
- * the inode.
- */
-void ubifs_evict_xattr_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, ino_t xattr_inum)
-{
-	struct inode *inode;
-
-	inode = ilookup(c->vfs_sb, xattr_inum);
-	if (inode) {
-		clear_nlink(inode);
-		iput(inode);
-	}
-}
-
 static int ubifs_xattr_remove(struct inode *host, const char *name)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;