diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index e4c1a49b0126..5e7657374bc3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ static void nfs_initiate_read(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
 			      const struct nfs_rpc_ops *rpc_ops,
 			      struct rpc_task_setup *task_setup_data, int how)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = hdr->inode;
-	int swap_flags = IS_SWAPFILE(inode) ? NFS_RPC_SWAPFLAGS : 0;
-
-	task_setup_data->flags |= swap_flags;
 	rpc_ops->read_setup(hdr, msg);
 	trace_nfs_initiate_read(hdr);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 3893386ceaed..9074ed0b65aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
  */
 #define NFS_MAX_TRANSPORTS 16
 
-/*
- * These are the default flags for swap requests
- */
-#define NFS_RPC_SWAPFLAGS		(RPC_TASK_SWAPPER|RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS)
-
 /*
  * Size of the NFS directory verifier
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
index db964bb63912..56710f8056d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ struct rpc_task_setup {
 #define RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE	0x0004		/* nfs4.1+ rpc tasks */
 #define RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS	0x0010		/* Use AUTH_NULL credential */
 #define RPC_CALL_MAJORSEEN	0x0020		/* major timeout seen */
-#define RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS	0x0040		/* force root creds */
 #define RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC	0x0080		/* task was kmalloc'ed */
 #define	RPC_TASK_NO_ROUND_ROBIN	0x0100		/* send requests on "main" xprt */
 #define RPC_TASK_SOFT		0x0200		/* Use soft timeouts */
diff --git a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
index 29982d60b68a..ac33892da411 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rpc_request,
 		{ RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE, "MOVEABLE" },			\
 		{ RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS, "NULLCREDS" },			\
 		{ RPC_CALL_MAJORSEEN, "MAJORSEEN" },			\
-		{ RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS, "ROOTCREDS" },			\
 		{ RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC, "DYNAMIC" },			\
 		{ RPC_TASK_NO_ROUND_ROBIN, "NO_ROUND_ROBIN" },		\
 		{ RPC_TASK_SOFT, "SOFT" },				\
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 6bfa19f9fa6a..682fcd24bf43 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *task, const struct cred *cred, int flags)
 	/* If machine cred couldn't be bound, try a root cred */
 	if (new)
 		;
-	else if (cred == &machine_cred || (flags & RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS))
+	else if (cred == &machine_cred)
 		new = rpcauth_bind_root_cred(task, lookupflags);
 	else if (flags & RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS)
 		new = authnull_ops.lookup_cred(NULL, NULL, 0);