diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 4aedf17b7e55..f16de81c7732 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -2048,100 +2048,6 @@ static int qgroup_trace_subtree_swap(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Inform qgroup to trace subtree swap used in balance.
- *
- * Unlike btrfs_qgroup_trace_subtree(), this function will only trace
- * new tree blocks whose generation is equal to (or larger than) @last_snapshot.
- *
- * Will go down the tree block pointed by @dst_eb (pointed by @dst_parent and
- * @dst_slot), and find any tree blocks whose generation is at @last_snapshot,
- * and then go down @src_eb (pointed by @src_parent and @src_slot) to find
- * the counterpart of the tree block, then mark both tree blocks as qgroup dirty,
- * and skip all tree blocks whose generation is smaller than last_snapshot.
- *
- * This would skip tons of tree blocks of original btrfs_qgroup_trace_subtree(),
- * which could be the cause of very slow balance if the file tree is large.
- *
- * @src_parent, @src_slot: pointer to src (file tree) eb.
- * @dst_parent, @dst_slot: pointer to dst (reloc tree) eb.
- */
-int btrfs_qgroup_trace_subtree_swap(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				struct btrfs_block_group_cache *bg_cache,
-				struct extent_buffer *src_parent, int src_slot,
-				struct extent_buffer *dst_parent, int dst_slot,
-				u64 last_snapshot)
-{
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = trans->fs_info;
-	struct btrfs_key first_key;
-	struct extent_buffer *src_eb = NULL;
-	struct extent_buffer *dst_eb = NULL;
-	bool trace_leaf = false;
-	u64 child_gen;
-	u64 child_bytenr;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!test_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Check parameter order */
-	if (btrfs_node_ptr_generation(src_parent, src_slot) >
-	    btrfs_node_ptr_generation(dst_parent, dst_slot)) {
-		btrfs_err_rl(fs_info,
-		"%s: bad parameter order, src_gen=%llu dst_gen=%llu", __func__,
-			btrfs_node_ptr_generation(src_parent, src_slot),
-			btrfs_node_ptr_generation(dst_parent, dst_slot));
-		return -EUCLEAN;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Only trace leaf if we're relocating data block groups, this could
-	 * reduce tons of data extents tracing for meta/sys bg relocation.
-	 */
-	if (bg_cache->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA)
-		trace_leaf = true;
-	/* Read out real @src_eb, pointed by @src_parent and @src_slot */
-	child_bytenr = btrfs_node_blockptr(src_parent, src_slot);
-	child_gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(src_parent, src_slot);
-	btrfs_node_key_to_cpu(src_parent, &first_key, src_slot);
-
-	src_eb = read_tree_block(fs_info, child_bytenr, child_gen,
-			btrfs_header_level(src_parent) - 1, &first_key);
-	if (IS_ERR(src_eb)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(src_eb);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Read out real @dst_eb, pointed by @src_parent and @src_slot */
-	child_bytenr = btrfs_node_blockptr(dst_parent, dst_slot);
-	child_gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(dst_parent, dst_slot);
-	btrfs_node_key_to_cpu(dst_parent, &first_key, dst_slot);
-
-	dst_eb = read_tree_block(fs_info, child_bytenr, child_gen,
-			btrfs_header_level(dst_parent) - 1, &first_key);
-	if (IS_ERR(dst_eb)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(dst_eb);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!extent_buffer_uptodate(src_eb) || !extent_buffer_uptodate(dst_eb)) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Do the generation aware breadth-first search */
-	ret = qgroup_trace_subtree_swap(trans, src_eb, dst_eb, last_snapshot,
-					trace_leaf);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
-	ret = 0;
-
-out:
-	free_extent_buffer(src_eb);
-	free_extent_buffer(dst_eb);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 int btrfs_qgroup_trace_subtree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			       struct extent_buffer *root_eb,
 			       u64 root_gen, int root_level)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.h b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.h
index 285b70ed4c75..a35be351fb5c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.h
@@ -301,12 +301,6 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_trace_leaf_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 int btrfs_qgroup_trace_subtree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			       struct extent_buffer *root_eb,
 			       u64 root_gen, int root_level);
-
-int btrfs_qgroup_trace_subtree_swap(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				struct btrfs_block_group_cache *bg_cache,
-				struct extent_buffer *src_parent, int src_slot,
-				struct extent_buffer *dst_parent, int dst_slot,
-				u64 last_snapshot);
 int btrfs_qgroup_account_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, u64 bytenr,
 				u64 num_bytes, struct ulist *old_roots,
 				struct ulist *new_roots);
