diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
index ae92ca53de42..3a4c8b382cd0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ struct xfs_eofblocks {
 	__u64		eof_min_file_size;
 };
 
-#define SYNC_WAIT		0x0001	/* wait for i/o to complete */
-#define SYNC_TRYLOCK		0x0002  /* only try to lock inodes */
-
 /*
  * tags for inode radix tree
  */