diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 1495792d7917..90e902d233cf 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -614,16 +614,6 @@ typedef struct os_dat_s {
 
 /*************************** End of tunable parameters ***********************/
 
-/*
- *	Debugging/Performance analysis
- *
- *	I/O trace support
- */
-#define USE_IOTRACE	0
-#if USE_IOTRACE
-#define IO_IDETAPE_FIFO	500
-#endif
-
 /*
  *	Read/Write error simulation
  */
@@ -2502,9 +2492,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t idetape_do_request(ide_drive_t *drive,
 	}
 	if (rq->cmd[0] & REQ_IDETAPE_READ) {
 		tape->buffer_head++;
-#if USE_IOTRACE
-		IO_trace(IO_IDETAPE_FIFO, tape->pipeline_head, tape->buffer_head, tape->tape_head, tape->minor);
-#endif
 		tape->postpone_cnt = 0;
 		pc = idetape_next_pc_storage(drive);
 		idetape_create_read_cmd(tape, pc, rq->current_nr_sectors, (struct idetape_bh *)rq->special);
@@ -2512,9 +2499,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t idetape_do_request(ide_drive_t *drive,
 	}
 	if (rq->cmd[0] & REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE) {
 		tape->buffer_head++;
-#if USE_IOTRACE
-		IO_trace(IO_IDETAPE_FIFO, tape->pipeline_head, tape->buffer_head, tape->tape_head, tape->minor);
-#endif
 		tape->postpone_cnt = 0;
 		pc = idetape_next_pc_storage(drive);
 		idetape_create_write_cmd(tape, pc, rq->current_nr_sectors, (struct idetape_bh *)rq->special);
@@ -3241,9 +3225,6 @@ static int idetape_add_chrdev_write_request (ide_drive_t *drive, int blocks)
 	idetape_switch_buffers(tape, new_stage);
 	idetape_add_stage_tail(drive, new_stage);
 	tape->pipeline_head++;
-#if USE_IOTRACE
-	IO_trace(IO_IDETAPE_FIFO, tape->pipeline_head, tape->buffer_head, tape->tape_head, tape->minor);
-#endif
 	calculate_speeds(drive);
 
 	/*
@@ -3493,9 +3474,6 @@ static int idetape_add_chrdev_read_request (ide_drive_t *drive,int blocks)
 		idetape_remove_stage_head(drive);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tape->spinlock, flags);
 		tape->pipeline_head++;
-#if USE_IOTRACE
-		IO_trace(IO_IDETAPE_FIFO, tape->pipeline_head, tape->buffer_head, tape->tape_head, tape->minor);
-#endif
 		calculate_speeds(drive);
 	}
 #if IDETAPE_DEBUG_BUGS