1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4c0383da1c9a..58848e3e392c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2654,11 +2654,6 @@ sub process {
                         WARN("Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt\n" . $herecurr);
                 }
 
-# SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED & RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED are deprecated
-                if ($line =~ /\b(SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED|RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED)/) {
-                        ERROR("Use of $1 is deprecated: see Documentation/spinlocks.txt\n" . $herecurr);
-                }
-
 # warn about #if 0
                 if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
                         CHK("if this code is redundant consider removing it\n" .