diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6221a1d057dd..207ca1d6e3d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6130,15 +6130,6 @@
 			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
 			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
 
-	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
-			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
-			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
-			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
-			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
-			in older udev will not work anymore.
-			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
-			the kernel configuration.
-
 	sysrq_always_enabled
 			[KNL]
 			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 3ee5577e1586..e1e1230b1b9f 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -466,12 +466,10 @@ int __must_check device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_device_del;
 
-	if (!sysfs_deprecated) {
-		ret = sysfs_create_link(block_depr, &ddev->kobj,
-					kobject_name(&ddev->kobj));
-		if (ret)
-			goto out_device_del;
-	}
+	ret = sysfs_create_link(block_depr, &ddev->kobj,
+				kobject_name(&ddev->kobj));
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_device_del;
 
 	/*
 	 * avoid probable deadlock caused by allocating memory with
@@ -554,8 +552,7 @@ int __must_check device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 out_del_integrity:
 	blk_integrity_del(disk);
 out_del_block_link:
-	if (!sysfs_deprecated)
-		sysfs_remove_link(block_depr, dev_name(ddev));
+	sysfs_remove_link(block_depr, dev_name(ddev));
 out_device_del:
 	device_del(ddev);
 out_free_ext_minor:
@@ -657,8 +654,7 @@ void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	part_stat_set_all(disk->part0, 0);
 	disk->part0->bd_stamp = 0;
-	if (!sysfs_deprecated)
-		sysfs_remove_link(block_depr, dev_name(disk_to_dev(disk)));
+	sysfs_remove_link(block_depr, dev_name(disk_to_dev(disk)));
 	pm_runtime_set_memalloc_noio(disk_to_dev(disk), false);
 	device_del(disk_to_dev(disk));
 
@@ -912,8 +908,7 @@ static int __init genhd_device_init(void)
 	register_blkdev(BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR, "blkext");
 
 	/* create top-level block dir */
-	if (!sysfs_deprecated)
-		block_depr = kobject_create_and_add("block", NULL);
+	block_depr = kobject_create_and_add("block", NULL);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 2373b3e210d8..fb8f2a1e1c19 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int __class_register(struct class *cls, struct lock_class_key *key)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_BLOCK)
 	/* let the block class directory show up in the root of sysfs */
-	if (!sysfs_deprecated || cls != &block_class)
+	if (cls != &block_class)
 		cp->subsys.kobj.kset = class_kset;
 #else
 	cp->subsys.kobj.kset = class_kset;
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 6878dfcbf0d6..ba11b51ce4ee 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -36,19 +36,6 @@
 #include "physical_location.h"
 #include "power/power.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2
-long sysfs_deprecated = 1;
-#else
-long sysfs_deprecated = 0;
-#endif
-static int __init sysfs_deprecated_setup(char *arg)
-{
-	return kstrtol(arg, 10, &sysfs_deprecated);
-}
-early_param("sysfs.deprecated", sysfs_deprecated_setup);
-#endif
-
 /* Device links support. */
 static LIST_HEAD(deferred_sync);
 static unsigned int defer_sync_state_count = 1;
@@ -3137,15 +3124,6 @@ static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
 		struct kobject *parent_kobj;
 		struct kobject *k;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-		/* block disks show up in /sys/block */
-		if (sysfs_deprecated && dev->class == &block_class) {
-			if (parent && parent->class == &block_class)
-				return &parent->kobj;
-			return &block_class.p->subsys.kobj;
-		}
-#endif
-
 		/*
 		 * If we have no parent, we live in "virtual".
 		 * Class-devices with a non class-device as parent, live
@@ -3324,12 +3302,6 @@ static int device_add_class_symlinks(struct device *dev)
 			goto out_subsys;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	/* /sys/block has directories and does not need symlinks */
-	if (sysfs_deprecated && dev->class == &block_class)
-		return 0;
-#endif
-
 	/* link in the class directory pointing to the device */
 	error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->p->subsys.kobj,
 				  &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
@@ -3359,10 +3331,6 @@ static void device_remove_class_symlinks(struct device *dev)
 	if (dev->parent && device_is_not_partition(dev))
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
 	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	if (sysfs_deprecated && dev->class == &block_class)
-		return;
-#endif
 	sysfs_delete_link(&dev->class->p->subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
 }
 
@@ -4652,11 +4620,6 @@ int device_change_owner(struct device *dev, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	if (sysfs_deprecated && dev->class == &block_class)
-		goto out;
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * Change the owner of the symlink located in the class directory of
 	 * the device class associated with @dev which points to the actual
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 1508e637bb26..19b6ba478fbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1092,10 +1092,4 @@ int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(major) \
 	MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(major) "-*")
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
-extern long sysfs_deprecated;
-#else
-#define sysfs_deprecated 0
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _DEVICE_H_ */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 1fb5f313d18f..4464ef98ea0b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1297,44 +1297,6 @@ config SCHED_AUTOGROUP
 	  desktop applications.  Task group autogeneration is currently based
 	  upon task session.
 
-config SYSFS_DEPRECATED
-	bool "Enable deprecated sysfs features to support old userspace tools"
-	depends on SYSFS
-	default n
-	help
-	  This option adds code that switches the layout of the "block" class
-	  devices, to not show up in /sys/class/block/, but only in
-	  /sys/block/.
-
-	  This switch is only active when the sysfs.deprecated=1 boot option is
-	  passed or the SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 option is set.
-
-	  This option allows new kernels to run on old distributions and tools,
-	  which might get confused by /sys/class/block/. Since 2007/2008 all
-	  major distributions and tools handle this just fine.
-
-	  Recent distributions and userspace tools after 2009/2010 depend on
-	  the existence of /sys/class/block/, and will not work with this
-	  option enabled.
-
-	  Only if you are using a new kernel on an old distribution, you might
-	  need to say Y here.
-
-config SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2
-	bool "Enable deprecated sysfs features by default"
-	default n
-	depends on SYSFS
-	depends on SYSFS_DEPRECATED
-	help
-	  Enable deprecated sysfs by default.
-
-	  See the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED option for more details about this
-	  option.
-
-	  Only if you are using a new kernel on an old distribution, you might
-	  need to say Y here. Even then, odds are you would not need it
-	  enabled, you can always pass the boot option if absolutely necessary.
-
 config RELAY
 	bool "Kernel->user space relay support (formerly relayfs)"
 	select IRQ_WORK