diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 58cc2414992b..77b6d89b9bcd 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -304,21 +304,6 @@ static struct dentry *udf_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > UDF_NAME_LEN)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 
-#ifdef UDF_RECOVERY
-	/* temporary shorthand for specifying files by inode number */
-	if (!strncmp(dentry->d_name.name, ".B=", 3)) {
-		struct kernel_lb_addr lb = {
-			.logicalBlockNum = 0,
-			.partitionReferenceNum =
-				simple_strtoul(dentry->d_name.name + 3,
-						NULL, 0),
-		};
-		inode = udf_iget(dir->i_sb, lb);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode))
-			return inode;
-	} else
-#endif /* UDF_RECOVERY */
-
 	fi = udf_find_entry(dir, &dentry->d_name, &fibh, &cfi);
 	if (IS_ERR(fi))
 		return ERR_CAST(fi);