diff --git a/config/kernel-put-link.m4 b/config/kernel-put-link.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 9010247189..0000000000
--- a/config/kernel-put-link.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-dnl #
-dnl # Supported symlink APIs
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_PUT_LINK], [
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_SRC([put_link_cookie], [
-		#include <linux/fs.h>
-		static void put_link(struct inode *ip, void *cookie)
-		    { return; }
-		static struct inode_operations
-		    iops __attribute__ ((unused)) = {
-			.put_link = put_link,
-		};
-	],[])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_PUT_LINK], [
-	dnl #
-	dnl # 4.5 API change
-	dnl # get_link() uses delayed done, there is no put_link() interface.
-	dnl # This check initially uses the inode_operations_get_link result
-	dnl #
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([inode_operations_get_link], [
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PUT_LINK_DELAYED, 1, [iops->put_link() delayed])
-	],[
-		dnl #
-		dnl # 4.2 API change
-		dnl # This kernel retired the nameidata structure.
-		dnl #
-		AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether iops->put_link() passes cookie])
-		ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([put_link_cookie], [
-			AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PUT_LINK_COOKIE, 1,
-			    [iops->put_link() cookie])
-		],[
-			AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-			ZFS_LINUX_TEST_ERROR([put_link])
-		])
-	])
-])
diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index 28472e27c7..d72091e9f5 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TEST_SRC], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_LOOKUP_FLAGS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_CREATE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_PERMISSION
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_PUT_LINK
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_TMPFILE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_AUTOMOUNT
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_COMMIT_METADATA
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TEST_RESULT], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_LOOKUP_FLAGS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CREATE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_PERMISSION
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_PUT_LINK
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TMPFILE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_AUTOMOUNT
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_COMMIT_METADATA
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c
index 2965ac190e..9d9c49d187 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c
@@ -647,19 +647,11 @@ zpl_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	return (error);
 }
 
-#if defined(HAVE_PUT_LINK_COOKIE)
-static void
-zpl_put_link(struct inode *unused, void *cookie)
-{
-	kmem_free(cookie, MAXPATHLEN);
-}
-#elif defined(HAVE_PUT_LINK_DELAYED)
 static void
 zpl_put_link(void *ptr)
 {
 	kmem_free(ptr, MAXPATHLEN);
 }
-#endif
 
 static int
 zpl_get_link_common(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *ip, char **link)
@@ -805,9 +797,6 @@ const struct inode_operations zpl_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 #endif
 	.get_link	= zpl_get_link,
-#if defined(HAVE_PUT_LINK_COOKIE)
-	.put_link	= zpl_put_link,
-#endif
 	.setattr	= zpl_setattr,
 	.getattr	= zpl_getattr,
 #ifdef HAVE_GENERIC_SETXATTR