diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index f159001..66229ff 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@
 #endif
 int acpi_rev_override_setup(char *str);
 
-extern bool acpi_force_hot_remove;
-
 void acpi_sysfs_add_hotplug_profile(struct acpi_hotplug_profile *hotplug,
 				    const char *name);
 int acpi_scan_add_handler_with_hotplug(struct acpi_scan_handler *handler,
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 1926918..e2080b6 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
 
 #define INVALID_ACPI_HANDLE	((acpi_handle)empty_zero_page)
 
-/*
- * If set, devices will be hot-removed even if they cannot be put offline
- * gracefully (from the kernel's standpoint).
- */
-bool acpi_force_hot_remove;
-
 static const char *dummy_hid = "device";
 
 static LIST_HEAD(acpi_dep_list);
@@ -170,9 +164,6 @@
 			pn->put_online = false;
 		}
 		ret = device_offline(pn->dev);
-		if (acpi_force_hot_remove)
-			continue;
-
 		if (ret >= 0) {
 			pn->put_online = !ret;
 		} else {
@@ -241,11 +232,11 @@
 		acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_ANY, handle, ACPI_UINT32_MAX,
 				    NULL, acpi_bus_offline, (void *)true,
 				    (void **)&errdev);
-		if (!errdev || acpi_force_hot_remove)
+		if (!errdev)
 			acpi_bus_offline(handle, 0, (void *)true,
 					 (void **)&errdev);
 
-		if (errdev && !acpi_force_hot_remove) {
+		if (errdev) {
 			dev_warn(errdev, "Offline failed.\n");
 			acpi_bus_online(handle, 0, NULL, NULL);
 			acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_ANY, handle,
@@ -263,8 +254,7 @@
 	unsigned long long sta;
 	acpi_status status;
 
-	if (device->handler && device->handler->hotplug.demand_offline
-	    && !acpi_force_hot_remove) {
+	if (device->handler && device->handler->hotplug.demand_offline) {
 		if (!acpi_scan_is_offline(device, true))
 			return -EBUSY;
 	} else {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index cf05ae9..1b5ee1e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@
 static ssize_t force_remove_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 				 struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", !!acpi_force_hot_remove);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", 0);
 }
 
 static ssize_t force_remove_store(struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -935,9 +935,10 @@
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	lock_device_hotplug();
-	acpi_force_hot_remove = val;
-	unlock_device_hotplug();
+	if (val) {
+		pr_err("Enabling force_remove is not supported anymore. Please report to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org if you depend on this functionality\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	return size;
 }