diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 608233dfd29c..2633f10446c3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -292,39 +292,3 @@ struct proc_dir_entry proc_root = {
 	.subdir		= RB_ROOT,
 	.name		= "/proc",
 };
-
-int pid_ns_prepare_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns)
-{
-	struct proc_fs_context *ctx;
-	struct fs_context *fc;
-	struct vfsmount *mnt;
-
-	fc = fs_context_for_mount(&proc_fs_type, SB_KERNMOUNT);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		return PTR_ERR(fc);
-
-	if (fc->user_ns != ns->user_ns) {
-		put_user_ns(fc->user_ns);
-		fc->user_ns = get_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
-	}
-
-	ctx = fc->fs_private;
-	if (ctx->pid_ns != ns) {
-		put_pid_ns(ctx->pid_ns);
-		get_pid_ns(ns);
-		ctx->pid_ns = ns;
-	}
-
-	mnt = fc_mount(fc);
-	put_fs_context(fc);
-	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
-		return PTR_ERR(mnt);
-
-	ns->proc_mnt = mnt;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void pid_ns_release_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns)
-{
-	kern_unmount(ns->proc_mnt);
-}
diff --git a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
index 2ed6af88794b..4956e362e55e 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct pid_namespace {
 	unsigned int level;
 	struct pid_namespace *parent;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	struct vfsmount *proc_mnt;
 	struct dentry *proc_self;
 	struct dentry *proc_thread_self;
 #endif
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ struct pid_namespace {
 #endif
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns;
 	struct ucounts *ucounts;
-	struct work_struct proc_work;
 	kgid_t pid_gid;
 	int hide_pid;
 	int reboot;	/* group exit code if this pidns was rebooted */
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_ns.h b/include/linux/proc_ns.h
index 4626b1ac3b6c..e1106a077c1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_ns.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_ns.h
@@ -50,16 +50,11 @@ enum {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
-extern int pid_ns_prepare_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns);
-extern void pid_ns_release_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns);
 extern int proc_alloc_inum(unsigned int *pino);
 extern void proc_free_inum(unsigned int inum);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
-static inline int pid_ns_prepare_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns) { return 0; }
-static inline void pid_ns_release_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns) {}
-
 static inline int proc_alloc_inum(unsigned int *inum)
 {
 	*inum = 1;
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index ca08d6a3aa77..60820e72634c 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -144,9 +144,6 @@ void free_pid(struct pid *pid)
 			/* Handle a fork failure of the first process */
 			WARN_ON(ns->child_reaper);
 			ns->pid_allocated = 0;
-			/* fall through */
-		case 0:
-			schedule_work(&ns->proc_work);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -247,11 +244,6 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns, pid_t *set_tid,
 		tmp = tmp->parent;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(is_child_reaper(pid))) {
-		if (pid_ns_prepare_proc(ns))
-			goto out_free;
-	}
-
 	get_pid_ns(ns);
 	refcount_set(&pid->count, 1);
 	for (type = 0; type < PIDTYPE_MAX; ++type)
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index d40017e79ebe..318fcc6ba301 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_pid_cachep(unsigned int level)
 	return READ_ONCE(*pkc);
 }
 
-static void proc_cleanup_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = container_of(work, struct pid_namespace, proc_work);
-	pid_ns_release_proc(ns);
-}
-
 static struct ucounts *inc_pid_namespaces(struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
 	return inc_ucount(ns, current_euid(), UCOUNT_PID_NAMESPACES);
@@ -114,7 +108,6 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct user_namespace *user_ns
 	ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns);
 	ns->ucounts = ucounts;
 	ns->pid_allocated = PIDNS_ADDING;
-	INIT_WORK(&ns->proc_work, proc_cleanup_work);
 
 	return ns;