diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c0a86afb85da..365f0e2098d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4115,7 +4115,6 @@ void netif_receive_skb_list(struct list_head *head);
 gro_result_t napi_gro_receive(struct napi_struct *napi, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void napi_gro_flush(struct napi_struct *napi, bool flush_old);
 struct sk_buff *napi_get_frags(struct napi_struct *napi);
-void napi_get_frags_check(struct napi_struct *napi);
 gro_result_t napi_gro_frags(struct napi_struct *napi);
 
 static inline void napi_free_frags(struct napi_struct *napi)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b91658e8aedb..55e356a68db6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6920,6 +6920,23 @@ netif_napi_dev_list_add(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi)
 	list_add_rcu(&napi->dev_list, higher); /* adds after higher */
 }
 
+/* Double check that napi_get_frags() allocates skbs with
+ * skb->head being backed by slab, not a page fragment.
+ * This is to make sure bug fixed in 3226b158e67c
+ * ("net: avoid 32 x truesize under-estimation for tiny skbs")
+ * does not accidentally come back.
+ */
+static void napi_get_frags_check(struct napi_struct *napi)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	local_bh_disable();
+	skb = napi_get_frags(napi);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(skb && skb->head_frag);
+	napi_free_frags(napi);
+	local_bh_enable();
+}
+
 void netif_napi_add_weight_locked(struct net_device *dev,
 				  struct napi_struct *napi,
 				  int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int),
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index f5a6d50570c4..7b03b64fdcb2 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -223,67 +223,9 @@ static void skb_under_panic(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int sz, void *addr)
 #define NAPI_SKB_CACHE_BULK	16
 #define NAPI_SKB_CACHE_HALF	(NAPI_SKB_CACHE_SIZE / 2)
 
-#if PAGE_SIZE == SZ_4K
-
-#define NAPI_HAS_SMALL_PAGE_FRAG	1
-#define NAPI_SMALL_PAGE_PFMEMALLOC(nc)	((nc).pfmemalloc)
-
-/* specialized page frag allocator using a single order 0 page
- * and slicing it into 1K sized fragment. Constrained to systems
- * with a very limited amount of 1K fragments fitting a single
- * page - to avoid excessive truesize underestimation
- */
-
-struct page_frag_1k {
-	void *va;
-	u16 offset;
-	bool pfmemalloc;
-};
-
-static void *page_frag_alloc_1k(struct page_frag_1k *nc, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	struct page *page;
-	int offset;
-
-	offset = nc->offset - SZ_1K;
-	if (likely(offset >= 0))
-		goto use_frag;
-
-	page = alloc_pages_node(NUMA_NO_NODE, gfp, 0);
-	if (!page)
-		return NULL;
-
-	nc->va = page_address(page);
-	nc->pfmemalloc = page_is_pfmemalloc(page);
-	offset = PAGE_SIZE - SZ_1K;
-	page_ref_add(page, offset / SZ_1K);
-
-use_frag:
-	nc->offset = offset;
-	return nc->va + offset;
-}
-#else
-
-/* the small page is actually unused in this build; add dummy helpers
- * to please the compiler and avoid later preprocessor's conditionals
- */
-#define NAPI_HAS_SMALL_PAGE_FRAG	0
-#define NAPI_SMALL_PAGE_PFMEMALLOC(nc)	false
-
-struct page_frag_1k {
-};
-
-static void *page_frag_alloc_1k(struct page_frag_1k *nc, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 struct napi_alloc_cache {
 	local_lock_t bh_lock;
 	struct page_frag_cache page;
-	struct page_frag_1k page_small;
 	unsigned int skb_count;
 	void *skb_cache[NAPI_SKB_CACHE_SIZE];
 };
@@ -293,23 +235,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct napi_alloc_cache, napi_alloc_cache) = {
 	.bh_lock = INIT_LOCAL_LOCK(bh_lock),
 };
 
-/* Double check that napi_get_frags() allocates skbs with
- * skb->head being backed by slab, not a page fragment.
- * This is to make sure bug fixed in 3226b158e67c
- * ("net: avoid 32 x truesize under-estimation for tiny skbs")
- * does not accidentally come back.
- */
-void napi_get_frags_check(struct napi_struct *napi)
-{
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-
-	local_bh_disable();
-	skb = napi_get_frags(napi);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!NAPI_HAS_SMALL_PAGE_FRAG && skb && skb->head_frag);
-	napi_free_frags(napi);
-	local_bh_enable();
-}
-
 void *__napi_alloc_frag_align(unsigned int fragsz, unsigned int align_mask)
 {
 	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
@@ -816,11 +741,8 @@ struct sk_buff *napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi, unsigned int len)
 
 	/* If requested length is either too small or too big,
 	 * we use kmalloc() for skb->head allocation.
-	 * When the small frag allocator is available, prefer it over kmalloc
-	 * for small fragments
 	 */
-	if ((!NAPI_HAS_SMALL_PAGE_FRAG &&
-	     len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(SKB_SMALL_HEAD_CACHE_SIZE)) ||
+	if (len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(SKB_SMALL_HEAD_CACHE_SIZE) ||
 	    len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE) ||
 	    (gfp_mask & (__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | GFP_DMA))) {
 		skb = __alloc_skb(len, gfp_mask, SKB_ALLOC_RX | SKB_ALLOC_NAPI,
@@ -830,32 +752,16 @@ struct sk_buff *napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi, unsigned int len)
 		goto skb_success;
 	}
 
+	len = SKB_HEAD_ALIGN(len);
+
 	if (sk_memalloc_socks())
 		gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
 
 	local_lock_nested_bh(&napi_alloc_cache.bh_lock);
 	nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
-	if (NAPI_HAS_SMALL_PAGE_FRAG && len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(1024)) {
-		/* we are artificially inflating the allocation size, but
-		 * that is not as bad as it may look like, as:
-		 * - 'len' less than GRO_MAX_HEAD makes little sense
-		 * - On most systems, larger 'len' values lead to fragment
-		 *   size above 512 bytes
-		 * - kmalloc would use the kmalloc-1k slab for such values
-		 * - Builds with smaller GRO_MAX_HEAD will very likely do
-		 *   little networking, as that implies no WiFi and no
-		 *   tunnels support, and 32 bits arches.
-		 */
-		len = SZ_1K;
 
-		data = page_frag_alloc_1k(&nc->page_small, gfp_mask);
-		pfmemalloc = NAPI_SMALL_PAGE_PFMEMALLOC(nc->page_small);
-	} else {
-		len = SKB_HEAD_ALIGN(len);
-
-		data = page_frag_alloc(&nc->page, len, gfp_mask);
-		pfmemalloc = page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc(&nc->page);
-	}
+	data = page_frag_alloc(&nc->page, len, gfp_mask);
+	pfmemalloc = page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc(&nc->page);
 	local_unlock_nested_bh(&napi_alloc_cache.bh_lock);
 
 	if (unlikely(!data))
