diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
index e05ecf2e4269..cf207d6e7a81 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
@@ -4121,23 +4121,6 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * single_erase - [GENERIC] NAND standard block erase command function
- * @chip: NAND chip object
- * @page: the page address of the block which will be erased
- *
- * Standard erase command for NAND chips. Returns NAND status.
- */
-static int single_erase(struct nand_chip *chip, int page)
-{
-	unsigned int eraseblock;
-
-	/* Send commands to erase a block */
-	eraseblock = page >> (chip->phys_erase_shift - chip->page_shift);
-
-	return nand_erase_op(chip, eraseblock);
-}
-
 /**
  * nand_erase - [MTD Interface] erase block(s)
  * @mtd: MTD device structure
@@ -4161,7 +4144,7 @@ static int nand_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
 int nand_erase_nand(struct nand_chip *chip, struct erase_info *instr,
 		    int allowbbt)
 {
-	int page, status, pages_per_block, ret, chipnr;
+	int page, pages_per_block, ret, chipnr;
 	loff_t len;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: start = 0x%012llx, len = %llu\n",
@@ -4215,17 +4198,11 @@ int nand_erase_nand(struct nand_chip *chip, struct erase_info *instr,
 		    (page + pages_per_block))
 			chip->pagebuf = -1;
 
-		if (chip->legacy.erase)
-			status = chip->legacy.erase(chip,
-						    page & chip->pagemask);
-		else
-			status = single_erase(chip, page & chip->pagemask);
-
-		/* See if block erase succeeded */
-		if (status) {
+		ret = nand_erase_op(chip, (page & chip->pagemask) >>
+				    (chip->phys_erase_shift - chip->page_shift));
+		if (ret) {
 			pr_debug("%s: failed erase, page 0x%08x\n",
 					__func__, page);
-			ret = -EIO;
 			instr->fail_addr =
 				((loff_t)page << chip->page_shift);
 			goto erase_exit;
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h b/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
index 17d2d9ae33bf..b7445a44a814 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
@@ -927,7 +927,6 @@ static inline void nand_controller_init(struct nand_controller *nfc)
  * @waitfunc: hardware specific function for wait on ready.
  * @block_bad: check if a block is bad, using OOB markers
  * @block_markbad: mark a block bad
- * @erase: erase function
  * @set_features: set the NAND chip features
  * @get_features: get the NAND chip features
  * @chip_delay: chip dependent delay for transferring data from array to read
@@ -953,7 +952,6 @@ struct nand_legacy {
 	int (*waitfunc)(struct nand_chip *chip);
 	int (*block_bad)(struct nand_chip *chip, loff_t ofs);
 	int (*block_markbad)(struct nand_chip *chip, loff_t ofs);
-	int (*erase)(struct nand_chip *chip, int page);
 	int (*set_features)(struct nand_chip *chip, int feature_addr,
 			    u8 *subfeature_para);
 	int (*get_features)(struct nand_chip *chip, int feature_addr,