diff --git a/arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig
index b88184019af9..08508d5e805e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig
@@ -800,7 +800,6 @@ CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y
 CONFIG_SLUB_STATS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_VMACACHE=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT=m
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 816c7e347c9c..9cc6bf3a5f0c 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/vmacache.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
@@ -1019,8 +1018,6 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	activate_mm(active_mm, mm);
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM))
 		local_irq_enable();
-	tsk->mm->vmacache_seqnum = 0;
-	vmacache_flush(tsk);
 	task_unlock(tsk);
 	if (old_mm) {
 		mmap_read_unlock(old_mm);
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index eb97468dfe4c..ab9b4ff44b54 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/pagewalk.h>
-#include <linux/vmacache.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 #include <linux/huge_mm.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 514aca4fe9d4..374c48169692 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ struct mm_struct {
 	struct {
 		struct vm_area_struct *mmap;		/* list of VMAs */
 		struct maple_tree mm_mt;
-		u64 vmacache_seqnum;                   /* per-thread vmacache */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 		unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area) (struct file *filp,
 				unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types_task.h b/include/linux/mm_types_task.h
index 1b222f8039d1..418ec7df5f18 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types_task.h
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@
 #define VMACACHE_SIZE (1U << VMACACHE_BITS)
 #define VMACACHE_MASK (VMACACHE_SIZE - 1)
 
-struct vmacache {
-	u64 seqnum;
-	struct vm_area_struct *vmas[VMACACHE_SIZE];
-};
-
 /*
  * When updating this, please also update struct resident_page_types[] in
  * kernel/fork.c
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index c7381fa38e22..3f99a38c58da 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -791,7 +791,6 @@ struct task_struct {
 	struct mm_struct		*active_mm;
 
 	/* Per-thread vma caching: */
-	struct vmacache			vmacache;
 
 #ifdef SPLIT_RSS_COUNTING
 	struct task_rss_stat		rss_stat;
diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
index a185cc75ff52..dd9e1e98bdec 100644
--- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
+++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
@@ -119,10 +119,6 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
 		NR_TLB_LOCAL_FLUSH_ALL,
 		NR_TLB_LOCAL_FLUSH_ONE,
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH */
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_VMACACHE
-		VMACACHE_FIND_CALLS,
-		VMACACHE_FIND_HITS,
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 		SWAP_RA,
 		SWAP_RA_HIT,
diff --git a/include/linux/vmacache.h b/include/linux/vmacache.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fce268a4588..000000000000
--- a/include/linux/vmacache.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef __LINUX_VMACACHE_H
-#define __LINUX_VMACACHE_H
-
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-
-static inline void vmacache_flush(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	memset(tsk->vmacache.vmas, 0, sizeof(tsk->vmacache.vmas));
-}
-
-extern void vmacache_update(unsigned long addr, struct vm_area_struct *newvma);
-extern struct vm_area_struct *vmacache_find(struct mm_struct *mm,
-						    unsigned long addr);
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
-extern struct vm_area_struct *vmacache_find_exact(struct mm_struct *mm,
-						  unsigned long start,
-						  unsigned long end);
-#endif
-
-static inline void vmacache_invalidate(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-	mm->vmacache_seqnum++;
-}
-
-#endif /* __LINUX_VMACACHE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 241bd0f53fb9..fcd1b853cbed 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ static inline void vm_events_fold_cpu(int cpu)
 #define count_vm_tlb_events(x, y) do { (void)(y); } while (0)
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_VMACACHE
-#define count_vm_vmacache_event(x) count_vm_event(x)
-#else
-#define count_vm_vmacache_event(x) do {} while (0)
-#endif
-
 #define __count_zid_vm_events(item, zid, delta) \
 	__count_vm_events(item##_NORMAL - ZONE_NORMAL + zid, delta)
 
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index b4aa6bb6b2bd..6a99dd2c71dc 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include <linux/pid.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/vmacache.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 
@@ -285,17 +284,6 @@ static void kgdb_flush_swbreak_addr(unsigned long addr)
 	if (!CACHE_FLUSH_IS_SAFE)
 		return;
 
-	if (current->mm) {
-		int i;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < VMACACHE_SIZE; i++) {
-			if (!current->vmacache.vmas[i])
-				continue;
-			flush_cache_range(current->vmacache.vmas[i],
-					  addr, addr + BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* Force flush instruction cache if it was outside the mm */
 	flush_icache_range(addr, addr + BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 4311715e9266..0c35460c092e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/vmacache.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
@@ -1094,7 +1093,6 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p,
 {
 	mm->mmap = NULL;
 	mt_init_flags(&mm->mm_mt, MAPLE_ALLOC_RANGE);
-	mm->vmacache_seqnum = 0;
 	atomic_set(&mm->mm_users, 1);
 	atomic_set(&mm->mm_count, 1);
 	seqcount_init(&mm->write_protect_seq);
@@ -1491,9 +1489,6 @@ static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (!oldmm)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* initialize the new vmacache entries */
-	vmacache_flush(tsk);
-
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_VM) {
 		mmget(oldmm);
 		mm = oldmm;
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index cdfaafa30ba9..b9bf55a9c6bf 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -799,16 +799,6 @@ config DEBUG_VM
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-config DEBUG_VM_VMACACHE
-	bool "Debug VMA caching"
-	depends on DEBUG_VM
-	help
-	  Enable this to turn on VMA caching debug information. Doing so
-	  can cause significant overhead, so only enable it in non-production
-	  environments.
-
-	  If unsure, say N.
-
 config DEBUG_VM_RB
 	bool "Debug VM red-black trees"
 	depends on DEBUG_VM
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 970604ea97dd..95810fb5e032 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ obj-y			:= filemap.o mempool.o oom_kill.o fadvise.o \
 			   readahead.o swap.o truncate.o vmscan.o shmem.o \
 			   util.o mmzone.o vmstat.o backing-dev.o \
 			   mm_init.o percpu.o slab_common.o \
-			   compaction.o vmacache.o \
+			   compaction.o \
 			   interval_tree.o list_lru.o workingset.o \
 			   debug.o gup.o mmap_lock.o $(mmu-y)
 
diff --git a/mm/debug.c b/mm/debug.c
index e73fe0a8ec3d..f84662c87b4f 100644
--- a/mm/debug.c
+++ b/mm/debug.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_vma);
 
 void dump_mm(const struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	pr_emerg("mm %px mmap %px seqnum %llu task_size %lu\n"
+	pr_emerg("mm %px mmap %px task_size %lu\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 		"get_unmapped_area %px\n"
 #endif
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void dump_mm(const struct mm_struct *mm)
 		"tlb_flush_pending %d\n"
 		"def_flags: %#lx(%pGv)\n",
 
-		mm, mm->mmap, (long long) mm->vmacache_seqnum, mm->task_size,
+		mm, mm->mmap, mm->task_size,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 		mm->get_unmapped_area,
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 060a372fc812..ed9a60d8a006 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/vmacache.h>
 #include <linux/shm.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
@@ -712,9 +711,6 @@ inline int vma_expand(struct ma_state *mas, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		/* Remove from mm linked list - also updates highest_vm_end */
 		__vma_unlink_list(mm, next);
 
-		/* Kill the cache */
-		vmacache_invalidate(mm);
-
 		if (file)
 			__remove_shared_vm_struct(next, file, mapping);
 
@@ -929,8 +925,6 @@ int __vma_adjust(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 
 	if (remove_next) {
 		__vma_unlink_list(mm, next);
-		/* Kill the cache */
-		vmacache_invalidate(mm);
 		if (file)
 			__remove_shared_vm_struct(next, file, mapping);
 	} else if (insert) {
@@ -2226,16 +2220,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct *find_vma_intersection(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	MA_STATE(mas, &mm->mm_mt, start_addr, start_addr);
 
 	mmap_assert_locked(mm);
-	/* Check the cache first. */
-	vma = vmacache_find(mm, start_addr);
-	if (likely(vma))
-		return vma;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	vma = mas_find(&mas, end_addr - 1);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	if (vma)
-		vmacache_update(mas.index, vma);
 
 	return vma;
 }
@@ -2628,9 +2615,6 @@ detach_vmas_to_be_unmapped(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		mm->highest_vm_end = prev ? vm_end_gap(prev) : 0;
 	tail_vma->vm_next = NULL;
 
-	/* Kill the cache */
-	vmacache_invalidate(mm);
-
 	/*
 	 * Do not downgrade mmap_lock if we are next to VM_GROWSDOWN or
 	 * VM_GROWSUP VMA. Such VMAs can change their size under
@@ -3010,7 +2994,6 @@ static int do_brk_munmap(struct ma_state *mas, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (vma_mas_remove(&unmap, mas))
 		goto mas_store_fail;
 
-	vmacache_invalidate(vma->vm_mm);
 	if (vma->anon_vma) {
 		anon_vma_interval_tree_post_update_vma(vma);
 		anon_vma_unlock_write(vma->anon_vma);
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index eac5ca450bef..675aee78f8f2 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
-#include <linux/vmacache.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
@@ -586,22 +585,12 @@ static void add_vma_to_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
  */
 static void delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	int i;
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
-	struct task_struct *curr = current;
 	MA_STATE(mas, &vma->vm_mm->mm_mt, 0, 0);
 
-	mm->map_count--;
-	for (i = 0; i < VMACACHE_SIZE; i++) {
-		/* if the vma is cached, invalidate the entire cache */
-		if (curr->vmacache.vmas[i] == vma) {
-			vmacache_invalidate(mm);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	vma->vm_mm->map_count--;
 	/* remove the VMA from the mapping */
 	if (vma->vm_file) {
+		struct address_space *mapping;
 		mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 
 		i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
@@ -613,7 +602,7 @@ static void delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 	/* remove from the MM's tree and list */
 	vma_mas_remove(vma, &mas);
-	__vma_unlink_list(mm, vma);
+	__vma_unlink_list(vma->vm_mm, vma);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -638,18 +627,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct *find_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	MA_STATE(mas, &mm->mm_mt, addr, addr);
 
-	/* check the cache first */
-	vma = vmacache_find(mm, addr);
-	if (likely(vma))
-		return vma;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	vma = mas_walk(&mas);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	if (vma)
-		vmacache_update(addr, vma);
-
 	return vma;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_vma);
@@ -684,11 +665,6 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *find_vma_exact(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long end = addr + len;
 	MA_STATE(mas, &mm->mm_mt, addr, addr);
 
-	/* check the cache first */
-	vma = vmacache_find_exact(mm, addr, end);
-	if (vma)
-		return vma;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	vma = mas_walk(&mas);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -699,7 +675,6 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *find_vma_exact(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (vma->vm_end != end)
 		return NULL;
 
-	vmacache_update(addr, vma);
 	return vma;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/vmacache.c b/mm/vmacache.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a6e6688ec1..000000000000
--- a/mm/vmacache.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Davidlohr Bueso.
- */
-#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
-#include <linux/sched/task.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/vmacache.h>
-
-/*
- * Hash based on the pmd of addr if configured with MMU, which provides a good
- * hit rate for workloads with spatial locality.  Otherwise, use pages.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-#define VMACACHE_SHIFT	PMD_SHIFT
-#else
-#define VMACACHE_SHIFT	PAGE_SHIFT
-#endif
-#define VMACACHE_HASH(addr) ((addr >> VMACACHE_SHIFT) & VMACACHE_MASK)
-
-/*
- * This task may be accessing a foreign mm via (for example)
- * get_user_pages()->find_vma().  The vmacache is task-local and this
- * task's vmacache pertains to a different mm (ie, its own).  There is
- * nothing we can do here.
- *
- * Also handle the case where a kernel thread has adopted this mm via
- * kthread_use_mm(). That kernel thread's vmacache is not applicable to this mm.
- */
-static inline bool vmacache_valid_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-	return current->mm == mm && !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD);
-}
-
-void vmacache_update(unsigned long addr, struct vm_area_struct *newvma)
-{
-	if (vmacache_valid_mm(newvma->vm_mm))
-		current->vmacache.vmas[VMACACHE_HASH(addr)] = newvma;
-}
-
-static bool vmacache_valid(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-	struct task_struct *curr;
-
-	if (!vmacache_valid_mm(mm))
-		return false;
-
-	curr = current;
-	if (mm->vmacache_seqnum != curr->vmacache.seqnum) {
-		/*
-		 * First attempt will always be invalid, initialize
-		 * the new cache for this task here.
-		 */
-		curr->vmacache.seqnum = mm->vmacache_seqnum;
-		vmacache_flush(curr);
-		return false;
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-
-struct vm_area_struct *vmacache_find(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
-{
-	int idx = VMACACHE_HASH(addr);
-	int i;
-
-	count_vm_vmacache_event(VMACACHE_FIND_CALLS);
-
-	if (!vmacache_valid(mm))
-		return NULL;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < VMACACHE_SIZE; i++) {
-		struct vm_area_struct *vma = current->vmacache.vmas[idx];
-
-		if (vma) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_VMACACHE
-			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(vma->vm_mm != mm))
-				break;
-#endif
-			if (vma->vm_start <= addr && vma->vm_end > addr) {
-				count_vm_vmacache_event(VMACACHE_FIND_HITS);
-				return vma;
-			}
-		}
-		if (++idx == VMACACHE_SIZE)
-			idx = 0;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
-struct vm_area_struct *vmacache_find_exact(struct mm_struct *mm,
-					   unsigned long start,
-					   unsigned long end)
-{
-	int idx = VMACACHE_HASH(start);
-	int i;
-
-	count_vm_vmacache_event(VMACACHE_FIND_CALLS);
-
-	if (!vmacache_valid(mm))
-		return NULL;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < VMACACHE_SIZE; i++) {
-		struct vm_area_struct *vma = current->vmacache.vmas[idx];
-
-		if (vma && vma->vm_start == start && vma->vm_end == end) {
-			count_vm_vmacache_event(VMACACHE_FIND_HITS);
-			return vma;
-		}
-		if (++idx == VMACACHE_SIZE)
-			idx = 0;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 3b6a69496f48..e536f9f9f569 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1369,10 +1369,6 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"nr_tlb_local_flush_one",
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_VMACACHE
-	"vmacache_find_calls",
-	"vmacache_find_hits",
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 	"swap_ra",
 	"swap_ra_hit",
