1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_64.c
index c0cac42df3b6..86321ee6da93 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_64.c
@@ -500,11 +500,6 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
                 ret = 0;
                 break;
 
-        case PTRACE_DETACH:
-                /* detach a process that was attached. */
-                ret = ptrace_detach(child, data);
-                break;
-
         case PTRACE_GETREGS: { /* Get all gp regs from the child. */
                 if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, (unsigned __user *)data,
                                sizeof(struct user_regs_struct))) {