diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 21b017a5377d3f..edb13a3092c6bd 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iter_write);
 
-ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
+static ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 		  unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 52485158023778..3ceaaf3b8c122c 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -342,89 +342,6 @@ const struct pipe_buf_operations nosteal_pipe_buf_ops = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nosteal_pipe_buf_ops);
 
-static ssize_t kernel_readv(struct file *file, const struct kvec *vec,
-			    unsigned long vlen, loff_t offset)
-{
-	mm_segment_t old_fs;
-	loff_t pos = offset;
-	ssize_t res;
-
-	old_fs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
-	res = vfs_readv(file, (const struct iovec __user *)vec, vlen, &pos, 0);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-
-	return res;
-}
-
-static ssize_t default_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
-				 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
-				 unsigned int flags)
-{
-	struct kvec *vec, __vec[PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS];
-	struct iov_iter to;
-	struct page **pages;
-	unsigned int nr_pages;
-	unsigned int mask;
-	size_t offset, base, copied = 0;
-	ssize_t res;
-	int i;
-
-	if (pipe_full(pipe->head, pipe->tail, pipe->max_usage))
-		return -EAGAIN;
-
-	/*
-	 * Try to keep page boundaries matching to source pagecache ones -
-	 * it probably won't be much help, but...
-	 */
-	offset = *ppos & ~PAGE_MASK;
-
-	iov_iter_pipe(&to, READ, pipe, len + offset);
-
-	res = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc(&to, &pages, len + offset, &base);
-	if (res <= 0)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	nr_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(res + base, PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	vec = __vec;
-	if (nr_pages > PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS) {
-		vec = kmalloc_array(nr_pages, sizeof(struct kvec), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (unlikely(!vec)) {
-			res = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	mask = pipe->ring_size - 1;
-	pipe->bufs[to.head & mask].offset = offset;
-	pipe->bufs[to.head & mask].len -= offset;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
-		size_t this_len = min_t(size_t, len, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
-		vec[i].iov_base = page_address(pages[i]) + offset;
-		vec[i].iov_len = this_len;
-		len -= this_len;
-		offset = 0;
-	}
-
-	res = kernel_readv(in, vec, nr_pages, *ppos);
-	if (res > 0) {
-		copied = res;
-		*ppos += res;
-	}
-
-	if (vec != __vec)
-		kfree(vec);
-out:
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
-		put_page(pages[i]);
-	kvfree(pages);
-	iov_iter_advance(&to, copied);	/* truncates and discards */
-	return res;
-}
-
 /*
  * Send 'sd->len' bytes to socket from 'sd->file' at position 'sd->pos'
  * using sendpage(). Return the number of bytes sent.
@@ -788,33 +705,6 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iter_file_splice_write);
 
-static int write_pipe_buf(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
-			  struct splice_desc *sd)
-{
-	int ret;
-	void *data;
-	loff_t tmp = sd->pos;
-
-	data = kmap(buf->page);
-	ret = __kernel_write(sd->u.file, data + buf->offset, sd->len, &tmp);
-	kunmap(buf->page);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static ssize_t default_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-					 struct file *out, loff_t *ppos,
-					 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
-{
-	ssize_t ret;
-
-	ret = splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, write_pipe_buf);
-	if (ret > 0)
-		*ppos += ret;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /**
  * generic_splice_sendpage - splice data from a pipe to a socket
  * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
@@ -844,7 +734,10 @@ static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 {
 	if (out->f_op->splice_write)
 		return out->f_op->splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
-	return default_file_splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
+	pr_warn_ratelimited(
+		"splice write not supported for file %pD4 (pid: %d comm: %.20s)\n",
+		out, current->pid, current->comm);
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -870,7 +763,11 @@ static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 		return in->f_op->splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 	if (in->f_op->read_iter)
 		return generic_file_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
-	return default_file_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
+
+	pr_warn_ratelimited(
+		"splice read not supported for file %pD4 (pid: %d comm: %.20s)\n",
+		in, current->pid, current->comm);
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 2e921d7dfd4878..b9b2ee31ef9bf1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1921,8 +1921,6 @@ ssize_t iter_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos,
 
 extern ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t vfs_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-extern ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *, const struct iovec __user *,
-		unsigned long, loff_t *, rwf_t);
 extern ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *, loff_t , struct file *,
 				   loff_t, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
