diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
index 0bdc2f4957ff..d8cf742f8032 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ struct rpc_cred {
 
 struct rpc_cred *rpc_machine_cred(void);
 
-/* rpc_auth au_flags */
-#define RPCAUTH_AUTH_NO_CRKEY_TIMEOUT	0x0001 /* underlying cred has no key timeout */
-
 /*
  * Client authentication handle
  */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_null.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_null.c
index 2694a1bc026b..135c75d6c470 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_null.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_null.c
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ static
 struct rpc_auth null_auth = {
 	.au_cslack	= NUL_CALLSLACK,
 	.au_rslack	= NUL_REPLYSLACK,
-	.au_flags	= RPCAUTH_AUTH_NO_CRKEY_TIMEOUT,
 	.au_ops		= &authnull_ops,
 	.au_flavor	= RPC_AUTH_NULL,
 	.au_count	= REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
index 7d4099fc18e7..6ee43bfbfb4b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ static
 struct rpc_auth		unix_auth = {
 	.au_cslack	= UNX_CALLSLACK,
 	.au_rslack	= NUL_REPLYSLACK,
-	.au_flags	= RPCAUTH_AUTH_NO_CRKEY_TIMEOUT,
 	.au_ops		= &authunix_ops,
 	.au_flavor	= RPC_AUTH_UNIX,
 	.au_count	= REFCOUNT_INIT(1),