diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 8c16bc5250ef..485cbd1730d1 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static void ceph_fscache_write_to_cache(struct inode *inode, u64 off, u64 len, b
 	struct fscache_cookie *cookie = ceph_fscache_cookie(ci);
 
 	fscache_write_to_cache(cookie, inode->i_mapping, off, len, i_size_read(inode),
-			       ceph_fscache_write_terminated, inode, true, caching);
+			       ceph_fscache_write_terminated, inode, caching);
 }
 #else
 static inline void ceph_fscache_write_to_cache(struct inode *inode, u64 off, u64 len, bool caching)
diff --git a/fs/netfs/fscache_io.c b/fs/netfs/fscache_io.c
index 38637e5c9b57..0d8f3f646598 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/fscache_io.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/fscache_io.c
@@ -166,30 +166,10 @@ struct fscache_write_request {
 	loff_t			start;
 	size_t			len;
 	bool			set_bits;
-	bool			using_pgpriv2;
 	netfs_io_terminated_t	term_func;
 	void			*term_func_priv;
 };
 
-void __fscache_clear_page_bits(struct address_space *mapping,
-			       loff_t start, size_t len)
-{
-	pgoff_t first = start / PAGE_SIZE;
-	pgoff_t last = (start + len - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
-	struct page *page;
-
-	if (len) {
-		XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, first);
-
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		xas_for_each(&xas, page, last) {
-			folio_end_private_2(page_folio(page));
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fscache_clear_page_bits);
-
 /*
  * Deal with the completion of writing the data to the cache.
  */
@@ -198,10 +178,6 @@ static void fscache_wreq_done(void *priv, ssize_t transferred_or_error,
 {
 	struct fscache_write_request *wreq = priv;
 
-	if (wreq->using_pgpriv2)
-		fscache_clear_page_bits(wreq->mapping, wreq->start, wreq->len,
-					wreq->set_bits);
-
 	if (wreq->term_func)
 		wreq->term_func(wreq->term_func_priv, transferred_or_error,
 				was_async);
@@ -214,7 +190,7 @@ void __fscache_write_to_cache(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 			      loff_t start, size_t len, loff_t i_size,
 			      netfs_io_terminated_t term_func,
 			      void *term_func_priv,
-			      bool using_pgpriv2, bool cond)
+			      bool cond)
 {
 	struct fscache_write_request *wreq;
 	struct netfs_cache_resources *cres;
@@ -232,7 +208,6 @@ void __fscache_write_to_cache(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 	wreq->mapping		= mapping;
 	wreq->start		= start;
 	wreq->len		= len;
-	wreq->using_pgpriv2	= using_pgpriv2;
 	wreq->set_bits		= cond;
 	wreq->term_func		= term_func;
 	wreq->term_func_priv	= term_func_priv;
@@ -260,8 +235,6 @@ void __fscache_write_to_cache(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 abandon_free:
 	kfree(wreq);
 abandon:
-	if (using_pgpriv2)
-		fscache_clear_page_bits(mapping, start, len, cond);
 	if (term_func)
 		term_func(term_func_priv, ret, false);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fscache.h b/include/linux/fscache.h
index 9de27643607f..f8c52bddaa15 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache.h
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ void __fscache_write_to_cache(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 			      loff_t start, size_t len, loff_t i_size,
 			      netfs_io_terminated_t term_func,
 			      void *term_func_priv,
-			      bool using_pgpriv2, bool cond);
-extern void __fscache_clear_page_bits(struct address_space *, loff_t, size_t);
+			      bool cond);
 
 /**
  * fscache_acquire_volume - Register a volume as desiring caching services
@@ -573,24 +572,6 @@ int fscache_write(struct netfs_cache_resources *cres,
 	return ops->write(cres, start_pos, iter, term_func, term_func_priv);
 }
 
-/**
- * fscache_clear_page_bits - Clear the PG_fscache bits from a set of pages
- * @mapping: The netfs inode to use as the source
- * @start: The start position in @mapping
- * @len: The amount of data to unlock
- * @caching: If PG_fscache has been set
- *
- * Clear the PG_fscache flag from a sequence of pages and wake up anyone who's
- * waiting.
- */
-static inline void fscache_clear_page_bits(struct address_space *mapping,
-					   loff_t start, size_t len,
-					   bool caching)
-{
-	if (caching)
-		__fscache_clear_page_bits(mapping, start, len);
-}
-
 /**
  * fscache_write_to_cache - Save a write to the cache and clear PG_fscache
  * @cookie: The cookie representing the cache object
@@ -600,7 +581,6 @@ static inline void fscache_clear_page_bits(struct address_space *mapping,
  * @i_size: The new size of the inode
  * @term_func: The function to call upon completion
  * @term_func_priv: The private data for @term_func
- * @using_pgpriv2: If we're using PG_private_2 to mark in-progress write
  * @caching: If we actually want to do the caching
  *
  * Helper function for a netfs to write dirty data from an inode into the cache
@@ -612,21 +592,19 @@ static inline void fscache_clear_page_bits(struct address_space *mapping,
  * marked with PG_fscache.
  *
  * If given, @term_func will be called upon completion and supplied with
- * @term_func_priv.  Note that if @using_pgpriv2 is set, the PG_private_2 flags
- * will have been cleared by this point, so the netfs must retain its own pin
- * on the mapping.
+ * @term_func_priv.
  */
 static inline void fscache_write_to_cache(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 					  struct address_space *mapping,
 					  loff_t start, size_t len, loff_t i_size,
 					  netfs_io_terminated_t term_func,
 					  void *term_func_priv,
-					  bool using_pgpriv2, bool caching)
+					  bool caching)
 {
 	if (caching)
 		__fscache_write_to_cache(cookie, mapping, start, len, i_size,
 					 term_func, term_func_priv,
-					 using_pgpriv2, caching);
+					 caching);
 	else if (term_func)
 		term_func(term_func_priv, -ENOBUFS, false);
 
