diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.rst b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.rst
index 52ea7b6b2fe8..7964fe134277 100644
--- a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.rst
+++ b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.rst
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ current *struct* is::
 		int (*tray_move)(struct cdrom_device_info *, int);
 		int (*lock_door)(struct cdrom_device_info *, int);
 		int (*select_speed)(struct cdrom_device_info *, int);
-		int (*select_disc)(struct cdrom_device_info *, int);
 		int (*get_last_session) (struct cdrom_device_info *,
 					 struct cdrom_multisession *);
 		int (*get_mcn)(struct cdrom_device_info *, struct cdrom_mcn *);
@@ -419,15 +418,6 @@ this `auto-selection` capability, the decision should be made on the
 current disc loaded and the return value should be positive. A negative
 return value indicates an error.
 
-::
-
-	int select_disc(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi, int number)
-
-If the drive can store multiple discs (a juke-box) this function
-will perform disc selection. It should return the number of the
-selected disc on success, a negative value on error. Currently, only
-the ide-cd driver supports this functionality.
-
 ::
 
 	int get_last_session(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index 7e2174f597f3..e43bb071fe92 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -2452,14 +2452,6 @@ static int cdrom_ioctl_select_disc(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * ->select_disc is a hook to allow a driver-specific way of
-	 * seleting disc.  However, since there is no equivalent hook for
-	 * cdrom_slot_status this may not actually be useful...
-	 */
-	if (cdi->ops->select_disc)
-		return cdi->ops->select_disc(cdi, arg);
-
 	cd_dbg(CD_CHANGER, "Using generic cdrom_select_disc()\n");
 	return cdrom_select_disc(cdi, arg);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/cdrom.h b/include/linux/cdrom.h
index 0a89f111e00e..67caa909e3e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/cdrom.h
+++ b/include/linux/cdrom.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ struct cdrom_device_ops {
 	int (*tray_move) (struct cdrom_device_info *, int);
 	int (*lock_door) (struct cdrom_device_info *, int);
 	int (*select_speed) (struct cdrom_device_info *, int);
-	int (*select_disc) (struct cdrom_device_info *, int);
 	int (*get_last_session) (struct cdrom_device_info *,
 				 struct cdrom_multisession *);
 	int (*get_mcn) (struct cdrom_device_info *,