diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index dbf279cd4494..c65f74019288 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1427,37 +1427,6 @@ out:
 	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 }
 
-/*
- * Do the equivalent of linger/linger2 handling for dealing with
- * broken servers that don't close the socket in a timely
- * fashion
- */
-static void xs_tcp_schedule_linger_timeout(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
-		unsigned long timeout)
-{
-	struct sock_xprt *transport;
-
-	if (xprt_test_and_set_connecting(xprt))
-		return;
-	set_bit(XPRT_CONNECTION_ABORT, &xprt->state);
-	transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
-	queue_delayed_work(rpciod_workqueue, &transport->connect_worker,
-			   timeout);
-}
-
-static void xs_tcp_cancel_linger_timeout(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
-{
-	struct sock_xprt *transport;
-
-	transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
-
-	if (!test_bit(XPRT_CONNECTION_ABORT, &xprt->state) ||
-	    !cancel_delayed_work(&transport->connect_worker))
-		return;
-	clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTION_ABORT, &xprt->state);
-	xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
-}
-
 static void xs_sock_mark_closed(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
 	xs_sock_reset_connection_flags(xprt);
@@ -1513,7 +1482,6 @@ static void xs_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 		clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTED, &xprt->state);
 		clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state);
 		smp_mb__after_atomic();
-		xs_tcp_schedule_linger_timeout(xprt, xs_tcp_fin_timeout);
 		break;
 	case TCP_CLOSE_WAIT:
 		/* The server initiated a shutdown of the socket */
@@ -1530,13 +1498,11 @@ static void xs_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 		break;
 	case TCP_LAST_ACK:
 		set_bit(XPRT_CLOSING, &xprt->state);
-		xs_tcp_schedule_linger_timeout(xprt, xs_tcp_fin_timeout);
 		smp_mb__before_atomic();
 		clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTED, &xprt->state);
 		smp_mb__after_atomic();
 		break;
 	case TCP_CLOSE:
-		xs_tcp_cancel_linger_timeout(xprt);
 		xs_sock_mark_closed(xprt);
 	}
  out:
@@ -2134,7 +2100,6 @@ static int xs_tcp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
 
 		/* socket options */
 		sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER);
-		tcp_sk(sk)->linger2 = 0;
 		tcp_sk(sk)->nonagle |= TCP_NAGLE_OFF;
 
 		xprt_clear_connected(xprt);