diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h b/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
index 7d570c7bd117..ae888606b3ec 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ struct sockaddr_l2tpip6 {
  * TUNNEL_MODIFY	- CONN_ID, udpcsum
  * TUNNEL_GETSTATS	- CONN_ID, (stats)
  * TUNNEL_GET		- CONN_ID, (...)
- * SESSION_CREATE	- SESSION_ID, PW_TYPE, data_seq, cookie, peer_cookie, l2spec
+ * SESSION_CREATE	- SESSION_ID, PW_TYPE, cookie, peer_cookie, l2spec
  * SESSION_DELETE	- SESSION_ID
- * SESSION_MODIFY	- SESSION_ID, data_seq
+ * SESSION_MODIFY	- SESSION_ID
  * SESSION_GET		- SESSION_ID, (...)
  * SESSION_GETSTATS	- SESSION_ID, (stats)
  *
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ enum {
 	L2TP_ATTR_PW_TYPE,		/* u16, enum l2tp_pwtype */
 	L2TP_ATTR_ENCAP_TYPE,		/* u16, enum l2tp_encap_type */
 	L2TP_ATTR_OFFSET,		/* u16 (not used) */
-	L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ,		/* u16 */
+	L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ,		/* u16 (not used) */
 	L2TP_ATTR_L2SPEC_TYPE,		/* u8, enum l2tp_l2spec_type */
 	L2TP_ATTR_L2SPEC_LEN,		/* u8 (not used) */
 	L2TP_ATTR_PROTO_VERSION,	/* u8 */
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ enum l2tp_encap_type {
 	L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_IP,
 };
 
+/* For L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ. Unused. */
 enum l2tp_seqmode {
 	L2TP_SEQ_NONE = 0,
 	L2TP_SEQ_IP = 1,
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index d85fde793a8c..7dbfb55ab3b5 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ struct l2tp_tunnel;
  */
 struct l2tp_session_cfg {
 	enum l2tp_pwtype	pw_type;
-	unsigned int		data_seq:2;	/* data sequencing level
-						 * 0 => none, 1 => IP only,
-						 * 2 => all
-						 */
 	unsigned int		recv_seq:1;	/* expect receive packets with
 						 * sequence numbers? */
 	unsigned int		send_seq:1;	/* send packets with sequence
@@ -99,10 +95,6 @@ struct l2tp_session {
 
 	char			name[32];	/* for logging */
 	char			ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
-	unsigned int		data_seq:2;	/* data sequencing level
-						 * 0 => none, 1 => IP only,
-						 * 2 => all
-						 */
 	unsigned int		recv_seq:1;	/* expect receive packets with
 						 * sequence numbers? */
 	unsigned int		send_seq:1;	/* send packets with sequence
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c
index b5d7dde003ef..91b9248610f0 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c
@@ -191,12 +191,10 @@ static void l2tp_dfs_seq_session_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	if (session->send_seq || session->recv_seq)
 		seq_printf(m, "   nr %hu, ns %hu\n", session->nr, session->ns);
 	seq_printf(m, "   refcnt %d\n", refcount_read(&session->ref_count));
-	seq_printf(m, "   config %d/%d/%c/%c/%s/%s %08x %u\n",
+	seq_printf(m, "   config %d/%d/%c/%c/-/%s %08x %u\n",
 		   session->mtu, session->mru,
 		   session->recv_seq ? 'R' : '-',
 		   session->send_seq ? 'S' : '-',
-		   session->data_seq == 1 ? "IPSEQ" :
-		   session->data_seq == 2 ? "DATASEQ" : "-",
 		   session->lns_mode ? "LNS" : "LAC",
 		   session->debug,
 		   jiffies_to_msecs(session->reorder_timeout));
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 5b9900889e31..e4785f6966f6 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -560,9 +560,6 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *inf
 	}
 
 	if (tunnel->version > 2) {
-		if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ])
-			cfg.data_seq = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ]);
-
 		if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_L2SPEC_TYPE]) {
 			cfg.l2specific_type = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_L2SPEC_TYPE]);
 			if (cfg.l2specific_type != L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_DEFAULT &&
@@ -693,9 +690,6 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_modify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *inf
 	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG])
 		session->debug = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG]);
 
-	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ])
-		session->data_seq = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DATA_SEQ]);
-
 	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_RECV_SEQ])
 		session->recv_seq = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_RECV_SEQ]);