diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index f0b0a2f..8eece80 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1347,8 +1347,6 @@
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-typedef ssize_t (aio_rw_op)(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *,
-			    unsigned long, loff_t);
 typedef ssize_t (rw_iter_op)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 
 static int aio_setup_vectored_rw(int rw, char __user *buf, size_t len,
@@ -1377,7 +1375,6 @@
 	ssize_t ret;
 	int rw;
 	fmode_t mode;
-	aio_rw_op *rw_op;
 	rw_iter_op *iter_op;
 	struct iovec inline_vecs[UIO_FASTIOV], *iovec = inline_vecs;
 	struct iov_iter iter;
@@ -1387,7 +1384,6 @@
 	case IOCB_CMD_PREADV:
 		mode	= FMODE_READ;
 		rw	= READ;
-		rw_op	= file->f_op->aio_read;
 		iter_op	= file->f_op->read_iter;
 		goto rw_common;
 
@@ -1395,14 +1391,13 @@
 	case IOCB_CMD_PWRITEV:
 		mode	= FMODE_WRITE;
 		rw	= WRITE;
-		rw_op	= file->f_op->aio_write;
 		iter_op	= file->f_op->write_iter;
 		goto rw_common;
 rw_common:
 		if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & mode)))
 			return -EBADF;
 
-		if (!rw_op && !iter_op)
+		if (!iter_op)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (opcode == IOCB_CMD_PREADV || opcode == IOCB_CMD_PWRITEV)
@@ -1425,11 +1420,7 @@
 		if (rw == WRITE)
 			file_start_write(file);
 
-		if (iter_op) {
-			ret = iter_op(req, &iter);
-		} else {
-			ret = rw_op(req, iter.iov, iter.nr_segs, req->ki_pos);
-		}
+		ret = iter_op(req, &iter);
 
 		if (rw == WRITE)
 			file_end_write(file);
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 3f85411..294174d 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@
 	file->f_inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	file->f_mapping = path->dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
 	if ((mode & FMODE_READ) &&
-	     likely(fop->read || fop->aio_read || fop->read_iter))
+	     likely(fop->read || fop->read_iter))
 		mode |= FMODE_CAN_READ;
 	if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
-	     likely(fop->write || fop->aio_write || fop->write_iter))
+	     likely(fop->write || fop->write_iter))
 		mode |= FMODE_CAN_WRITE;
 	file->f_mode = mode;
 	file->f_op = fop;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 6a83c47..6796f04 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -734,10 +734,10 @@
 	if ((f->f_mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ)
 		i_readcount_inc(inode);
 	if ((f->f_mode & FMODE_READ) &&
-	     likely(f->f_op->read || f->f_op->aio_read || f->f_op->read_iter))
+	     likely(f->f_op->read || f->f_op->read_iter))
 		f->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_READ;
 	if ((f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
-	     likely(f->f_op->write || f->f_op->aio_write || f->f_op->write_iter))
+	     likely(f->f_op->write || f->f_op->write_iter))
 		f->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_WRITE;
 
 	f->f_flags &= ~(O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_NOCTTY | O_TRUNC);
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 3d42d8e..45d583c 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
 typedef ssize_t (*io_fn_t)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-typedef ssize_t (*iov_fn_t)(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *,
-		unsigned long, loff_t);
 typedef ssize_t (*iter_fn_t)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 
 const struct file_operations generic_ro_fops = {
@@ -668,21 +666,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t do_sync_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t *ppos, iov_fn_t fn)
-{
-	struct kiocb kiocb;
-	ssize_t ret;
-
-	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
-	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
-
-	ret = fn(&kiocb, iter->iov, iter->nr_segs, kiocb.ki_pos);
-	BUG_ON(ret == -EIOCBQUEUED);
-	*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /* Do it by hand, with file-ops */
 static ssize_t do_loop_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		loff_t *ppos, io_fn_t fn)
@@ -797,7 +780,6 @@
 	struct iov_iter iter;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	io_fn_t fn;
-	iov_fn_t fnv;
 	iter_fn_t iter_fn;
 
 	ret = import_iovec(type, uvector, nr_segs,
@@ -812,22 +794,17 @@
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	fnv = NULL;
 	if (type == READ) {
 		fn = file->f_op->read;
-		fnv = file->f_op->aio_read;
 		iter_fn = file->f_op->read_iter;
 	} else {
 		fn = (io_fn_t)file->f_op->write;
-		fnv = file->f_op->aio_write;
 		iter_fn = file->f_op->write_iter;
 		file_start_write(file);
 	}
 
 	if (iter_fn)
 		ret = do_iter_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, iter_fn);
-	else if (fnv)
-		ret = do_sync_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, fnv);
 	else
 		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, fn);
 
@@ -977,7 +954,6 @@
 	struct iov_iter iter;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	io_fn_t fn;
-	iov_fn_t fnv;
 	iter_fn_t iter_fn;
 
 	ret = compat_import_iovec(type, uvector, nr_segs,
@@ -992,22 +968,17 @@
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	fnv = NULL;
 	if (type == READ) {
 		fn = file->f_op->read;
-		fnv = file->f_op->aio_read;
 		iter_fn = file->f_op->read_iter;
 	} else {
 		fn = (io_fn_t)file->f_op->write;
-		fnv = file->f_op->aio_write;
 		iter_fn = file->f_op->write_iter;
 		file_start_write(file);
 	}
 
 	if (iter_fn)
 		ret = do_iter_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, iter_fn);
-	else if (fnv)
-		ret = do_sync_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, fnv);
 	else
 		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, fn);