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diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index da7da250f7c8..9676965c0981 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -477,56 +477,6 @@ void abort_creds(struct cred *new)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(abort_creds);
/**
- * override_creds - Override the current process's subjective credentials
- * @new: The credentials to be assigned
- *
- * Install a set of temporary override subjective credentials on the current
- * process, returning the old set for later reversion.
- */
-const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *new)
-{
- const struct cred *old;
-
- kdebug("override_creds(%p{%ld})", new,
- atomic_long_read(&new->usage));
-
- /*
- * NOTE! This uses 'get_new_cred()' rather than 'get_cred()'.
- *
- * That means that we do not clear the 'non_rcu' flag, since
- * we are only installing the cred into the thread-synchronous
- * '->cred' pointer, not the '->real_cred' pointer that is
- * visible to other threads under RCU.
- */
- get_new_cred((struct cred *)new);
- old = override_creds_light(new);
-
- kdebug("override_creds() = %p{%ld}", old,
- atomic_long_read(&old->usage));
- return old;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(override_creds);
-
-/**
- * revert_creds - Revert a temporary subjective credentials override
- * @old: The credentials to be restored
- *
- * Revert a temporary set of override subjective credentials to an old set,
- * discarding the override set.
- */
-void revert_creds(const struct cred *old)
-{
- const struct cred *override = current->cred;
-
- kdebug("revert_creds(%p{%ld})", old,
- atomic_long_read(&old->usage));
-
- revert_creds_light(old);
- put_cred(override);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(revert_creds);
-
-/**
* cred_fscmp - Compare two credentials with respect to filesystem access.
* @a: The first credential
* @b: The second credential