diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 41e3aeb51c9a..05dfa3f270ae 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2349,11 +2349,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 
 	blk_queue_make_request(q, blk_mq_make_request);
 
-	/*
-	 * by default assume old behaviour and bounce for any highmem page
-	 */
-	blk_queue_bounce_limit(q, BLK_BOUNCE_HIGH);
-
 	/*
 	 * Do this after blk_queue_make_request() overrides it...
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index e59bd4549a8a..0297ad7c1452 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -720,9 +720,6 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	/* We can handle whatever the host told us to handle. */
 	blk_queue_max_segments(q, vblk->sg_elems-2);
 
-	/* No need to bounce any requests */
-	blk_queue_bounce_limit(q, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
-
 	/* No real sector limit. */
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, -1U);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index ac90093fcb25..c852ed3c01d5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -953,9 +953,6 @@ static void blkif_set_queue_limits(struct blkfront_info *info)
 
 	/* Make sure buffer addresses are sector-aligned. */
 	blk_queue_dma_alignment(rq, 511);
-
-	/* Make sure we don't use bounce buffers. */
-	blk_queue_bounce_limit(rq, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
 }
 
 static int xlvbd_init_blk_queue(struct gendisk *gd, u16 sector_size,