diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
index 54d4d78ca46a..6f344654ef22 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_dma_unmap_sg);
 void ide_dma_off_quietly(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_USING_DMA;
-	ide_toggle_bounce(drive, 0);
 
 	drive->hwif->dma_ops->dma_host_set(drive, 0);
 }
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_dma_off);
 void ide_dma_on(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_USING_DMA;
-	ide_toggle_bounce(drive, 1);
 
 	drive->hwif->dma_ops->dma_host_set(drive, 1);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
index e1180fa46196..78cb79eddc8b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
@@ -6,32 +6,6 @@
 #include <linux/ide.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 
-/**
- *	ide_toggle_bounce	-	handle bounce buffering
- *	@drive: drive to update
- *	@on: on/off boolean
- *
- *	Enable or disable bounce buffering for the device. Drives move
- *	between PIO and DMA and that changes the rules we need.
- */
-
-void ide_toggle_bounce(ide_drive_t *drive, int on)
-{
-	u64 addr = BLK_BOUNCE_HIGH;	/* dma64_addr_t */
-
-	if (!PCI_DMA_BUS_IS_PHYS) {
-		addr = BLK_BOUNCE_ANY;
-	} else if (on && drive->media == ide_disk) {
-		struct device *dev = drive->hwif->dev;
-
-		if (dev && dev->dma_mask)
-			addr = *dev->dma_mask;
-	}
-
-	if (drive->queue)
-		blk_queue_bounce_limit(drive->queue, addr);
-}
-
 u64 ide_get_lba_addr(struct ide_cmd *cmd, int lba48)
 {
 	struct ide_taskfile *tf = &cmd->tf;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 2019e66eada7..8d8ed036ca0a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -805,9 +805,6 @@ static int ide_init_queue(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	/* assign drive queue */
 	drive->queue = q;
 
-	/* needs drive->queue to be set */
-	ide_toggle_bounce(drive, 1);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index ca9d34feb572..11f0dd03a4b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1508,8 +1508,6 @@ static inline void ide_set_hwifdata (ide_hwif_t * hwif, void *data)
 	hwif->hwif_data = data;
 }
 
-extern void ide_toggle_bounce(ide_drive_t *drive, int on);
-
 u64 ide_get_lba_addr(struct ide_cmd *, int);
 u8 ide_dump_status(ide_drive_t *, const char *, u8);