diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 5324f07fc93a..55b8b8ba7238 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
  * Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
  */
 
-#define IOWAIT_BOOST_MIN	(SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE / 8)
-
 struct sugov_tunables {
 	struct gov_attr_set	attr_set;
 	unsigned int		rate_limit_us;
-	unsigned int		iowait_boost_cap;
 };
 
 struct sugov_policy {
@@ -36,8 +33,6 @@ struct sugov_policy {
 
 	bool			limits_changed;
 	bool			need_freq_update;
-
-	unsigned int		iowait_boost_cap;
 };
 
 struct sugov_cpu {
@@ -45,10 +40,6 @@ struct sugov_cpu {
 	struct sugov_policy	*sg_policy;
 	unsigned int		cpu;
 
-	bool			iowait_boost_pending;
-	unsigned int		iowait_boost;
-	u64			last_update;
-
 	unsigned long		util;
 	unsigned long		bw_min;
 
@@ -198,137 +189,15 @@ unsigned long sugov_effective_cpu_perf(int cpu, unsigned long actual,
 	return max(min, max);
 }
 
-static void sugov_get_util(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, unsigned long boost)
+static void sugov_get_util(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu)
 {
 	unsigned long min, max, util = cpu_util_cfs_boost(sg_cpu->cpu);
 
 	util = effective_cpu_util(sg_cpu->cpu, util, &min, &max);
-	util = max(util, boost);
 	sg_cpu->bw_min = min;
 	sg_cpu->util = sugov_effective_cpu_perf(sg_cpu->cpu, util, min, max);
 }
 
-/**
- * sugov_iowait_reset() - Reset the IO boost status of a CPU.
- * @sg_cpu: the sugov data for the CPU to boost
- * @time: the update time from the caller
- * @set_iowait_boost: true if an IO boost has been requested
- *
- * The IO wait boost of a task is disabled after a tick since the last update
- * of a CPU. If a new IO wait boost is requested after more then a tick, then
- * we enable the boost starting from IOWAIT_BOOST_MIN, which improves energy
- * efficiency by ignoring sporadic wakeups from IO.
- */
-static bool sugov_iowait_reset(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
-			       bool set_iowait_boost)
-{
-	s64 delta_ns = time - sg_cpu->last_update;
-
-	/* Reset boost only if a tick has elapsed since last request */
-	if (delta_ns <= TICK_NSEC)
-		return false;
-
-	sg_cpu->iowait_boost = set_iowait_boost ? IOWAIT_BOOST_MIN : 0;
-	sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending = set_iowait_boost;
-
-	return true;
-}
-
-/**
- * sugov_iowait_boost() - Updates the IO boost status of a CPU.
- * @sg_cpu: the sugov data for the CPU to boost
- * @time: the update time from the caller
- * @flags: SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT if the task is waking up after an IO wait
- *
- * Each time a task wakes up after an IO operation, the CPU utilization can be
- * boosted to a certain utilization which doubles at each "frequent and
- * successive" wakeup from IO, ranging from IOWAIT_BOOST_MIN to the utilization
- * of the maximum OPP.
- *
- * To keep doubling, an IO boost has to be requested at least once per tick,
- * otherwise we restart from the utilization of the minimum OPP.
- */
-static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
-			       unsigned int flags)
-{
-	bool set_iowait_boost = flags & SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT;
-
-	/* Reset boost if the CPU appears to have been idle enough */
-	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost &&
-	    sugov_iowait_reset(sg_cpu, time, set_iowait_boost))
-		return;
-
-	/* Boost only tasks waking up after IO */
-	if (!set_iowait_boost)
-		return;
-
-	/* Ensure boost doubles only one time at each request */
-	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending)
-		return;
-	sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending = true;
-
-	/* Double the boost at each request */
-	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost) {
-		sg_cpu->iowait_boost =
-			min_t(unsigned int,
-			      sg_cpu->iowait_boost + IOWAIT_BOOST_MIN, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* First wakeup after IO: start with minimum boost */
-	sg_cpu->iowait_boost = IOWAIT_BOOST_MIN;
-}
-
-/**
- * sugov_iowait_apply() - Apply the IO boost to a CPU.
- * @sg_cpu: the sugov data for the cpu to boost
- * @time: the update time from the caller
- * @max_cap: the max CPU capacity
- *
- * A CPU running a task which woken up after an IO operation can have its
- * utilization boosted to speed up the completion of those IO operations.
- * The IO boost value is increased each time a task wakes up from IO, in
- * sugov_iowait_apply(), and it's instead decreased by this function,
- * each time an increase has not been requested (!iowait_boost_pending).
- *
- * A CPU which also appears to have been idle for at least one tick has also
- * its IO boost utilization reset.
- *
- * This mechanism is designed to boost high frequently IO waiting tasks, while
- * being more conservative on tasks which does sporadic IO operations.
- */
-static unsigned long sugov_iowait_apply(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
-			       unsigned long max_cap)
-{
-	/* No boost currently required */
-	if (!sg_cpu->iowait_boost)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Reset boost if the CPU appears to have been idle enough */
-	if (sugov_iowait_reset(sg_cpu, time, false))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending) {
-		/*
-		 * No boost pending; reduce the boost value.
-		 */
-		sg_cpu->iowait_boost -= IOWAIT_BOOST_MIN;
-		if (!sg_cpu->iowait_boost)
-			return 0;
-	}
-
-	sg_cpu->iowait_boost_pending = false;
-
-	if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost > sg_cpu->sg_policy->iowait_boost_cap)
-		sg_cpu->iowait_boost = sg_cpu->sg_policy->iowait_boost_cap;
-
-	/*
-	 * sg_cpu->util is already in capacity scale; convert iowait_boost
-	 * into the same scale so we can compare.
-	 */
-	return (sg_cpu->iowait_boost * max_cap) >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 static bool sugov_cpu_is_busy(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu)
 {
@@ -356,18 +225,12 @@ static inline bool sugov_update_single_common(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu,
 					      u64 time, unsigned long max_cap,
 					      unsigned int flags)
 {
-	unsigned long boost;
-
-	sugov_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
-	sg_cpu->last_update = time;
-
 	ignore_dl_rate_limit(sg_cpu);
 
 	if (!sugov_should_update_freq(sg_cpu->sg_policy, time))
 		return false;
 
-	boost = sugov_iowait_apply(sg_cpu, time, max_cap);
-	sugov_get_util(sg_cpu, boost);
+	sugov_get_util(sg_cpu);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -468,11 +331,8 @@ static unsigned int sugov_next_freq_shared(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time)
 
 	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 		struct sugov_cpu *j_sg_cpu = &per_cpu(sugov_cpu, j);
-		unsigned long boost;
-
-		boost = sugov_iowait_apply(j_sg_cpu, time, max_cap);
-		sugov_get_util(j_sg_cpu, boost);
 
+		sugov_get_util(j_sg_cpu);
 		util = max(j_sg_cpu->util, util);
 	}
 
@@ -488,9 +348,6 @@ sugov_update_shared(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time, unsigned int flags)
 
 	raw_spin_lock(&sg_policy->update_lock);
 
-	sugov_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
-	sg_cpu->last_update = time;
-
 	ignore_dl_rate_limit(sg_cpu);
 
 	if (sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time)) {
@@ -560,14 +417,6 @@ static ssize_t rate_limit_us_show(struct gov_attr_set *attr_set, char *buf)
 	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", tunables->rate_limit_us);
 }
 
-
-static ssize_t iowait_boost_cap_show(struct gov_attr_set *attr_set, char *buf)
-{
-	struct sugov_tunables *tunables = to_sugov_tunables(attr_set);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", tunables->iowait_boost_cap);
-}
-
 static ssize_t
 rate_limit_us_store(struct gov_attr_set *attr_set, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -586,30 +435,10 @@ rate_limit_us_store(struct gov_attr_set *attr_set, const char *buf, size_t count
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t
-iowait_boost_cap_store(struct gov_attr_set *attr_set, const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-	struct sugov_tunables *tunables = to_sugov_tunables(attr_set);
-	struct sugov_policy *sg_policy;
-	unsigned int iowait_boost_cap;
-
-	if (kstrtouint(buf, 10, &iowait_boost_cap))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	tunables->iowait_boost_cap = iowait_boost_cap;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(sg_policy, &attr_set->policy_list, tunables_hook)
-		sg_policy->iowait_boost_cap = iowait_boost_cap;
-
-	return count;
-}
-
 static struct governor_attr rate_limit_us = __ATTR_RW(rate_limit_us);
-static struct governor_attr iowait_boost_cap = __ATTR_RW(iowait_boost_cap);
 
 static struct attribute *sugov_attrs[] = {
 	&rate_limit_us.attr,
-	&iowait_boost_cap.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(sugov);
@@ -799,8 +628,6 @@ static int sugov_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	tunables->rate_limit_us = cpufreq_policy_transition_delay_us(policy);
 
-	tunables->iowait_boost_cap = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
-
 	policy->governor_data = sg_policy;
 	sg_policy->tunables = tunables;
 
@@ -870,8 +697,6 @@ static int sugov_start(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	sg_policy->limits_changed		= false;
 	sg_policy->cached_raw_freq		= 0;
 
-	sg_policy->iowait_boost_cap		= SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
-
 	sg_policy->need_freq_update = cpufreq_driver_test_flags(CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS);
 
 	if (policy_is_shared(policy))
