diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 10696f9fb6ac..a00bce9f46d8 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -424,11 +424,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_cleanup_queue);
 /**
  * blk_queue_enter() - try to increase q->q_usage_counter
  * @q: request queue pointer
- * @flags: BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT, BLK_MQ_REQ_PM and/or BLK_MQ_REQ_PREEMPT
+ * @flags: BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT and/or BLK_MQ_REQ_PM
  */
 int blk_queue_enter(struct request_queue *q, blk_mq_req_flags_t flags)
 {
-	const bool pm = flags & (BLK_MQ_REQ_PM | BLK_MQ_REQ_PREEMPT);
+	const bool pm = flags & BLK_MQ_REQ_PM;
 
 	while (true) {
 		bool success = false;
@@ -630,8 +630,7 @@ struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
 	struct request *req;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(op & REQ_NOWAIT);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & ~(BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT | BLK_MQ_REQ_PM |
-			       BLK_MQ_REQ_PREEMPT));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & ~(BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT | BLK_MQ_REQ_PM));
 
 	req = blk_mq_alloc_request(q, op, flags);
 	if (!IS_ERR(req) && q->mq_ops->initialize_rq_fn)
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index e21eed20a155..4d6e83e5b442 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ static const char *const rqf_name[] = {
 	RQF_NAME(MIXED_MERGE),
 	RQF_NAME(MQ_INFLIGHT),
 	RQF_NAME(DONTPREP),
-	RQF_NAME(PREEMPT),
 	RQF_NAME(FAILED),
 	RQF_NAME(QUIET),
 	RQF_NAME(ELVPRIV),
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 0072ffa50b46..2a1eff60c797 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -294,8 +294,6 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data,
 	rq->cmd_flags = data->cmd_flags;
 	if (data->flags & BLK_MQ_REQ_PM)
 		rq->rq_flags |= RQF_PM;
-	if (data->flags & BLK_MQ_REQ_PREEMPT)
-		rq->rq_flags |= RQF_PREEMPT;
 	if (blk_queue_io_stat(data->q))
 		rq->rq_flags |= RQF_IO_STAT;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->queuelist);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index c9ecfd8b0338..f8ea27423d1d 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -448,8 +448,6 @@ enum {
 	BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED	= (__force blk_mq_req_flags_t)(1 << 1),
 	/* set RQF_PM */
 	BLK_MQ_REQ_PM		= (__force blk_mq_req_flags_t)(1 << 2),
-	/* set RQF_PREEMPT */
-	BLK_MQ_REQ_PREEMPT	= (__force blk_mq_req_flags_t)(1 << 3),
 };
 
 struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 033eb5f73b65..4a6e33d38242 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ typedef __u32 __bitwise req_flags_t;
 #define RQF_MQ_INFLIGHT		((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 6))
 /* don't call prep for this one */
 #define RQF_DONTPREP		((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 7))
-/* set for "ide_preempt" requests and also for requests for which the SCSI
-   "quiesce" state must be ignored. */
-#define RQF_PREEMPT		((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 8))
 /* vaguely specified driver internal error.  Ignored by the block layer */
 #define RQF_FAILED		((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 10))
 /* don't warn about errors */
@@ -430,8 +427,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 	unsigned long		queue_flags;
 	/*
 	 * Number of contexts that have called blk_set_pm_only(). If this
-	 * counter is above zero then only RQF_PM and RQF_PREEMPT requests are
-	 * processed.
+	 * counter is above zero then only RQF_PM requests are processed.
 	 */
 	atomic_t		pm_only;