diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads
deleted file mode 100644
index b0b0eeb20fe3..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-What:		/proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads
-Date:		June 2012
-Contact:	Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-Description: Since pdflush is replaced by per-BDI flusher, the interface of old pdflush
-             exported in /proc/sys/vm/ should be removed.
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 6648fbbb8157..a5dd8d82c253 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1344,11 +1344,6 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= dirtytime_interval_handler,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
-	{
-		.procname       = "nr_pdflush_threads",
-		.mode           = 0444 /* read-only */,
-		.proc_handler   = pdflush_proc_obsolete,
-	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "swappiness",
 		.data		= &vm_swappiness,