diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
index 0df646c6651e..3b382da2996f 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ extern int os_protect_memory(void *addr, unsigned long len,
 extern int os_unmap_memory(void *addr, int len);
 extern int os_drop_memory(void *addr, int length);
 extern int can_drop_memory(void);
-extern int os_mincore(void *addr, unsigned long len);
 
 /* execvp.c */
 extern int execvp_noalloc(char *buf, const char *file, char *const argv[]);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/Makefile b/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
index 1c2d4b29a3d4..6407fc911007 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extra-y := vmlinux.lds
 obj-y = config.o exec.o exitcode.o irq.o ksyms.o mem.o \
 	physmem.o process.o ptrace.o reboot.o sigio.o \
 	signal.o sysrq.o time.o tlb.o trap.o \
-	um_arch.o umid.o maccess.o kmsg_dump.o capflags.o skas/
+	um_arch.o umid.o kmsg_dump.o capflags.o skas/
 obj-y += load_file.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) += initrd.o
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/maccess.c b/arch/um/kernel/maccess.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ccd56813f68..000000000000
--- a/arch/um/kernel/maccess.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2013 Richard Weinberger <richrd@nod.at>
- */
-
-#include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <os.h>
-
-bool copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(const void *src, size_t size)
-{
-	void *psrc = (void *)rounddown((unsigned long)src, PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	if ((unsigned long)src < PAGE_SIZE || size <= 0)
-		return false;
-	if (os_mincore(psrc, size + src - psrc) <= 0)
-		return false;
-	return true;
-}
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
index e52dd37ddadc..2686120ab232 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
@@ -223,57 +223,6 @@ out:
 	return ok;
 }
 
-static int os_page_mincore(void *addr)
-{
-	char vec[2];
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = mincore(addr, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE, vec);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (errno == ENOMEM || errno == EINVAL)
-			return 0;
-		else
-			return -errno;
-	}
-
-	return vec[0] & 1;
-}
-
-int os_mincore(void *addr, unsigned long len)
-{
-	char *vec;
-	int ret, i;
-
-	if (len <= UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE)
-		return os_page_mincore(addr);
-
-	vec = calloc(1, (len + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE - 1) / UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (!vec)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ret = mincore(addr, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE, vec);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (errno == ENOMEM || errno == EINVAL)
-			ret = 0;
-		else
-			ret = -errno;
-
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ((len + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE - 1) / UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE); i++) {
-		if (!(vec[i] & 1)) {
-			ret = 0;
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	ret = 1;
-out:
-	free(vec);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 void init_new_thread_signals(void)
 {
 	set_handler(SIGSEGV);