diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 3401387bb..c291bf61a 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -2161,9 +2161,6 @@ error_return:
 	return error;
 }
 
-/* limit minimal timeout to 1 HZ */
-int sysctl_min_epoll_wait_time = 1000/HZ;
-
 /*
  * Implement the event wait interface for the eventpoll file. It is the kernel
  * part of the user space epoll_wait(2).
@@ -2196,10 +2193,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_wait, int, epfd, struct epoll_event __user *, events,
 	if (!is_file_epoll(f.file))
 		goto error_fput;
 
-	if (timeout > 0 && sysctl_min_epoll_wait_time > 0 &&
-			timeout < sysctl_min_epoll_wait_time)
-		timeout = sysctl_min_epoll_wait_time;
-
 	/*
 	 * At this point it is safe to assume that the "private_data" contains
 	 * our own data structure.
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 70e5650e3..29d320971 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ extern unsigned int sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max;
 extern int sysctl_nr_trim_pages;
 #endif
 
-extern int sysctl_min_epoll_wait_time;
-
 /* Constants used for minimum and  maximum */
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR
 static int sixty = 60;
@@ -292,13 +290,6 @@ static struct ctl_table sysctl_base_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= dev_table,
 	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "min_epoll_wait_time",
-		.data		= &sysctl_min_epoll_wait_time,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_min_epoll_wait_time),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
-	},
 	{ }
 };