diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
index d0758b241b23..bd9015d10cff 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
@@ -850,16 +850,6 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %pI4\n", &ipaddress);
     <returnvalue>-ERESTARTSYS</returnvalue> if a signal is received.
     The <function>wait_event()</function> version ignores signals.
    </para>
-   <para>
-   Do not use the <function>sleep_on()</function> function family -
-   it is very easy to accidentally introduce races; almost certainly
-   one of the <function>wait_event()</function> family will do, or a
-   loop around <function>schedule_timeout()</function>. If you choose
-   to loop around <function>schedule_timeout()</function> remember
-   you must set the task state (with 
-   <function>set_current_state()</function>) on each iteration to avoid
-   busy-looping.
-   </para>
  
   </sect1>
 
diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 559044c79232..e7d9d9ed14f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -803,17 +803,6 @@ do {									\
 	__ret;								\
 })
 
-
-/*
- * These are the old interfaces to sleep waiting for an event.
- * They are racy.  DO NOT use them, use the wait_event* interfaces above.
- * We plan to remove these interfaces.
- */
-extern void sleep_on(wait_queue_head_t *q);
-extern long sleep_on_timeout(wait_queue_head_t *q, signed long timeout);
-extern void interruptible_sleep_on(wait_queue_head_t *q);
-extern long interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(wait_queue_head_t *q, signed long timeout);
-
 /*
  * Waitqueues which are removed from the waitqueue_head at wakeup time
  */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 1d1b87b36778..0ff3f34bc7e3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2845,52 +2845,6 @@ int default_wake_function(wait_queue_t *curr, unsigned mode, int wake_flags,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_wake_function);
 
-static long __sched
-sleep_on_common(wait_queue_head_t *q, int state, long timeout)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	wait_queue_t wait;
-
-	init_waitqueue_entry(&wait, current);
-
-	__set_current_state(state);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
-	__add_wait_queue(q, &wait);
-	spin_unlock(&q->lock);
-	timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
-	spin_lock_irq(&q->lock);
-	__remove_wait_queue(q, &wait);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
-
-	return timeout;
-}
-
-void __sched interruptible_sleep_on(wait_queue_head_t *q)
-{
-	sleep_on_common(q, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(interruptible_sleep_on);
-
-long __sched
-interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(wait_queue_head_t *q, long timeout)
-{
-	return sleep_on_common(q, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, timeout);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(interruptible_sleep_on_timeout);
-
-void __sched sleep_on(wait_queue_head_t *q)
-{
-	sleep_on_common(q, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sleep_on);
-
-long __sched sleep_on_timeout(wait_queue_head_t *q, long timeout)
-{
-	return sleep_on_common(q, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, timeout);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sleep_on_timeout);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
 
 /*