diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 3447555e9f76..ba8ad422a165 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -921,9 +921,6 @@ const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations = {
 	.open		= xfs_file_open,
 	.release	= xfs_file_release,
 	.fsync		= xfs_file_fsync,
-#ifdef HAVE_FOP_OPEN_EXEC
-	.open_exec	= xfs_file_open_exec,
-#endif
 };
 
 const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations = {