diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 4b01ab3d2c2..dcb8a6e4869 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/async.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
-#include <scsi/scsi_scan.h>
 
 #include "base.h"
 #include "power/power.h"
@@ -333,7 +332,6 @@ void wait_for_device_probe(void)
 	/* wait for the known devices to complete their probing */
 	wait_event(probe_waitqueue, atomic_read(&probe_count) == 0);
 	async_synchronize_full();
-	scsi_complete_async_scans();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_for_device_probe);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index dff17c198a7..a0bc6637265 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -187,18 +187,6 @@ int scsi_complete_async_scans(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Only exported for the benefit of scsi_wait_scan */
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_complete_async_scans);
-
-#ifndef MODULE
-/*
- * For async scanning we need to wait for all the scans to complete before
- * trying to mount the root fs.  Otherwise non-modular drivers may not be ready
- * yet.
- */
-late_initcall(scsi_complete_async_scans);
-#endif
-
 /**
  * scsi_unlock_floptical - unlock device via a special MODE SENSE command
  * @sdev:	scsi device to send command to
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_scan.h b/include/scsi/scsi_scan.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 78898889243..00000000000
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_scan.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _SCSI_SCSI_SCAN_H
-#define _SCSI_SCSI_SCAN_H
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI
-/* drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c */
-extern int scsi_complete_async_scans(void);
-#else
-static inline int scsi_complete_async_scans(void) { return 0; }
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _SCSI_SCSI_SCAN_H */