diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/Kconfig b/fs/hfsplus/Kconfig
index 7cc8b4acf66a..a63371815aab 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/Kconfig
@@ -11,18 +11,3 @@ config HFSPLUS_FS
 	  MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
 	  data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
 	  style features such as file ownership and permissions.
-
-config HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	bool "HFS+ POSIX Access Control Lists"
-	depends on HFSPLUS_FS
-	select FS_POSIX_ACL
-	help
-	  POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
-	  groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
-
-	  It needs to understand that POSIX ACLs are treated only under
-	  Linux. POSIX ACLs doesn't mean something under Mac OS X.
-	  Mac OS X beginning with version 10.4 ("Tiger") support NFSv4 ACLs,
-	  which are part of the NFSv4 standard.
-
-	  If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/Makefile b/fs/hfsplus/Makefile
index f6a56542f8d7..9ed20e64b983 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/Makefile
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/Makefile
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS) += hfsplus.o
 hfsplus-objs := super.o options.o inode.o ioctl.o extents.o catalog.o dir.o btree.o \
 		bnode.o brec.o bfind.o tables.o unicode.o wrapper.o bitmap.o part_tbl.o \
 		attributes.o xattr.o xattr_user.o xattr_security.o xattr_trusted.o
-
-hfsplus-$(CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL)	+= posix_acl.o
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/acl.h b/fs/hfsplus/acl.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 488c2b75cf41..000000000000
--- a/fs/hfsplus/acl.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- * linux/fs/hfsplus/acl.h
- *
- * Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
- *
- * Handler for Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support.
- */
-
-#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-
-/* posix_acl.c */
-struct posix_acl *hfsplus_get_posix_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
-int hfsplus_set_posix_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
-		int type);
-extern int hfsplus_init_posix_acl(struct inode *, struct inode *);
-
-#else  /* CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL */
-#define hfsplus_get_posix_acl NULL
-#define hfsplus_set_posix_acl NULL
-
-static inline int hfsplus_init_posix_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif  /* CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL */
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index b5254378f011..c5a70f83dbe7 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "hfsplus_fs.h"
 #include "hfsplus_raw.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
-#include "acl.h"
 
 static inline void hfsplus_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry,
 				       struct inode *inode, u32 cnid)
@@ -455,7 +454,7 @@ static int hfsplus_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (res)
 		goto out_err;
 
-	res = hfsplus_init_inode_security(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
+	res = hfsplus_init_security(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
 	if (res == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		res = 0; /* Operation is not supported. */
 	else if (res) {
@@ -496,7 +495,7 @@ static int hfsplus_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (res)
 		goto failed_mknod;
 
-	res = hfsplus_init_inode_security(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
+	res = hfsplus_init_security(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
 	if (res == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		res = 0; /* Operation is not supported. */
 	else if (res) {
@@ -567,10 +566,6 @@ const struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.mknod			= hfsplus_mknod,
 	.rename			= hfsplus_rename,
 	.listxattr		= hfsplus_listxattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	.get_acl		= hfsplus_get_posix_acl,
-	.set_acl		= hfsplus_set_posix_acl,
-#endif
 };
 
 const struct file_operations hfsplus_dir_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index d9255abafb81..8e039435958a 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define DBG_EXTENT	0x00000020
 #define DBG_BITMAP	0x00000040
 #define DBG_ATTR_MOD	0x00000080
-#define DBG_ACL_MOD	0x00000100
 
 #if 0
 #define DBG_MASK	(DBG_EXTENT|DBG_INODE|DBG_BNODE_MOD)
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index c824f702feec..8e9427a42b81 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "hfsplus_fs.h"
 #include "hfsplus_raw.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
-#include "acl.h"
 
 static int hfsplus_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 {
@@ -267,12 +266,6 @@ static int hfsplus_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
-	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
-		error = posix_acl_chmod(inode, inode->i_mode);
-		if (unlikely(error))
-			return error;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -336,10 +329,6 @@ int hfsplus_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 static const struct inode_operations hfsplus_file_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= hfsplus_setattr,
 	.listxattr	= hfsplus_listxattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	.get_acl	= hfsplus_get_posix_acl,
-	.set_acl	= hfsplus_set_posix_acl,
-#endif
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations hfsplus_file_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/posix_acl.c b/fs/hfsplus/posix_acl.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 066114dcc3a2..000000000000
--- a/fs/hfsplus/posix_acl.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/*
- * linux/fs/hfsplus/posix_acl.c
- *
- * Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
- *
- * Handler for Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support.
- */
-
-#include "hfsplus_fs.h"
-#include "xattr.h"
-#include "acl.h"
-
-struct posix_acl *hfsplus_get_posix_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-	char *xattr_name;
-	char *value = NULL;
-	ssize_t size;
-
-	hfs_dbg(ACL_MOD, "[%s]: ino %lu\n", __func__, inode->i_ino);
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-		xattr_name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
-		break;
-	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
-		xattr_name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	}
-
-	size = __hfsplus_getxattr(inode, xattr_name, NULL, 0);
-
-	if (size > 0) {
-		value = (char *)hfsplus_alloc_attr_entry();
-		if (unlikely(!value))
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		size = __hfsplus_getxattr(inode, xattr_name, value, size);
-	}
-
-	if (size > 0)
-		acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(&init_user_ns, value, size);
-	else if (size == -ENODATA)
-		acl = NULL;
-	else
-		acl = ERR_PTR(size);
-
-	hfsplus_destroy_attr_entry((hfsplus_attr_entry *)value);
-
-	return acl;
-}
-
-static int __hfsplus_set_posix_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
-				   int type)
-{
-	int err;
-	char *xattr_name;
-	size_t size = 0;
-	char *value = NULL;
-
-	hfs_dbg(ACL_MOD, "[%s]: ino %lu\n", __func__, inode->i_ino);
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-		xattr_name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
-		break;
-
-	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
-		xattr_name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT;
-		if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-			return acl ? -EACCES : 0;
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (acl) {
-		size = posix_acl_xattr_size(acl->a_count);
-		if (unlikely(size > HFSPLUS_MAX_INLINE_DATA_SIZE))
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		value = (char *)hfsplus_alloc_attr_entry();
-		if (unlikely(!value))
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		err = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, value, size);
-		if (unlikely(err < 0))
-			goto end_set_acl;
-	}
-
-	err = __hfsplus_setxattr(inode, xattr_name, value, size, 0);
-
-end_set_acl:
-	hfsplus_destroy_attr_entry((hfsplus_attr_entry *)value);
-
-	if (!err)
-		set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
-
-	return err;
-}
-
-int hfsplus_set_posix_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS && acl) {
-		err = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &inode->i_mode, &acl);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-	}
-	return __hfsplus_set_posix_acl(inode, acl, type);
-}
-
-int hfsplus_init_posix_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
-{
-	int err = 0;
-	struct posix_acl *default_acl, *acl;
-
-	hfs_dbg(ACL_MOD,
-		"[%s]: ino %lu, dir->ino %lu\n",
-		__func__, inode->i_ino, dir->i_ino);
-
-	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		return 0;
-
-	err = posix_acl_create(dir, &inode->i_mode, &default_acl, &acl);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	if (default_acl) {
-		err = __hfsplus_set_posix_acl(inode, default_acl,
-					      ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
-		posix_acl_release(default_acl);
-	}
-
-	if (acl) {
-		if (!err)
-			err = __hfsplus_set_posix_acl(inode, acl,
-						      ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-	}
-	return err;
-}
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index a6c0f54c48c3..0e88d1a270f0 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -562,8 +562,8 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 				goto out_put_hidden_dir;
 			}
 
-			err = hfsplus_init_inode_security(sbi->hidden_dir,
-								root, &str);
+			err = hfsplus_init_security(sbi->hidden_dir,
+							root, &str);
 			if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				err = 0; /* Operation is not supported. */
 			else if (err) {
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
index e538b758c448..d5403b4004c9 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "hfsplus_fs.h"
-#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
 #include <linux/nls.h>
 #include "xattr.h"
-#include "acl.h"
 
 static int hfsplus_removexattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name);
 
@@ -19,10 +17,6 @@ const struct xattr_handler *hfsplus_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&hfsplus_xattr_osx_handler,
 	&hfsplus_xattr_user_handler,
 	&hfsplus_xattr_trusted_handler,
-#ifdef CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	&posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
-	&posix_acl_default_xattr_handler,
-#endif
 	&hfsplus_xattr_security_handler,
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
index a4e611d69710..d14e362b3eba 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
@@ -38,7 +38,4 @@ ssize_t hfsplus_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
 int hfsplus_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
 				const struct qstr *qstr);
 
-int hfsplus_init_inode_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
-				const struct qstr *qstr);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c b/fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c
index f5550b006e88..cfbe6a3bfb1e 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "hfsplus_fs.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
-#include "acl.h"
 
 static int hfsplus_security_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 				     struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
@@ -72,18 +71,6 @@ int hfsplus_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
 					&hfsplus_initxattrs, NULL);
 }
 
-int hfsplus_init_inode_security(struct inode *inode,
-						struct inode *dir,
-						const struct qstr *qstr)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	err = hfsplus_init_posix_acl(inode, dir);
-	if (!err)
-		err = hfsplus_init_security(inode, dir, qstr);
-	return err;
-}
-
 const struct xattr_handler hfsplus_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.get	= hfsplus_security_getxattr,
