diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index aba59c70dec48af052476f6058ee08e43bdcc916..afb099d7796b40ed75f933eb7b0d2ac2026619c3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -353,27 +353,6 @@ sub deparenthesize {
 
 $chk_signoff = 0 if ($file);
 
-my @dep_includes = ();
-my @dep_functions = ();
-my $removal = "Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt";
-if ($tree && -f "$root/$removal") {
-	open(my $REMOVE, '<', "$root/$removal") ||
-				die "$P: $removal: open failed - $!\n";
-	while (<$REMOVE>) {
-		if (/^Check:\s+(.*\S)/) {
-			for my $entry (split(/[, ]+/, $1)) {
-				if ($entry =~ m@include/(.*)@) {
-					push(@dep_includes, $1);
-
-				} elsif ($entry !~ m@/@) {
-					push(@dep_functions, $entry);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	close($REMOVE);
-}
-
 my @rawlines = ();
 my @lines = ();
 my $vname;
@@ -3099,22 +3078,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# don't include deprecated include files (uses RAW line)
-		for my $inc (@dep_includes) {
-			if ($rawline =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*include\s*\<$inc>@) {
-				ERROR("DEPRECATED_INCLUDE",
-				      "Don't use <$inc>: see Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt\n" . $herecurr);
-			}
-		}
-
-# don't use deprecated functions
-		for my $func (@dep_functions) {
-			if ($line =~ /\b$func\b/) {
-				ERROR("DEPRECATED_FUNCTION",
-				      "Don't use $func(): see Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt\n" . $herecurr);
-			}
-		}
-
 # no volatiles please
 		my $asm_volatile = qr{\b(__asm__|asm)\s+(__volatile__|volatile)\b};
 		if ($line =~ /\bvolatile\b/ && $line !~ /$asm_volatile/) {