diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index a92b10bb0b03..59d0c74c79c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -127,13 +127,6 @@ Who:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
-When:	January 2006
-Why:	Too low-level interface.  Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.
-Who:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:	CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
 When:	June 2006
 Why:	Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 22f6e8d16aa8..96723ae83c89 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ out:
 	return dentry;
 }
 
-struct dentry * lookup_hash(struct nameidata *nd)
+static struct dentry *lookup_hash(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return __lookup_hash(&nd->last, nd->dentry, nd);
 }
@@ -2697,7 +2697,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_up);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_write_access); /* binfmt_aout */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(getname);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_rename);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_follow_link_light);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_put_link);
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index e6698013e4d0..58cb3d3d44b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ extern struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd, int flags);
 extern void release_open_intent(struct nameidata *);
 
 extern struct dentry * lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
-extern __deprecated_for_modules struct dentry * lookup_hash(struct nameidata *);
 
 extern int follow_down(struct vfsmount **, struct dentry **);
 extern int follow_up(struct vfsmount **, struct dentry **);