diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index 9a3658cc399e..a1426cabcef1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ static ssize_t dev_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
         if (dev_attr->show)
                 ret = dev_attr->show(dev, dev_attr, buf);
         if (ret >= (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE) {
-                print_symbol("dev_attr_show: %s returned bad count\n",
-                                (unsigned long)dev_attr->show);
+                printk("dev_attr_show: %pS returned bad count\n",
+                                dev_attr->show);
         }
         return ret;
 }
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index 7d3b05edb8ce..452271dda141 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ static ssize_t dev_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
         if (dev_attr->show)
                 ret = dev_attr->show(dev, dev_attr, buf);
         if (ret >= (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE) {
-                print_symbol("dev_attr_show: %s returned bad count\n",
-                                (unsigned long)dev_attr->show);
+                printk("dev_attr_show: %pS returned bad count\n",
+                                dev_attr->show);
         }
         return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/kallsyms.h b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
index 708f337d780b..c733941901b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kallsyms.h
+++ b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ extern int sprint_symbol(char *buffer, unsigned long address);
 extern int sprint_symbol_no_offset(char *buffer, unsigned long address);
 extern int sprint_backtrace(char *buffer, unsigned long address);
 
-/* Look up a kernel symbol and print it to the kernel messages. */
-extern void __print_symbol(const char *fmt, unsigned long address);
-
 int lookup_symbol_name(unsigned long addr, char *symname);
 int lookup_symbol_attrs(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size, unsigned long *offset, char *modname, char *name);
 
@@ -118,23 +115,8 @@ static inline int kallsyms_show_value(void)
 	return false;
 }
 
-/* Stupid that this does nothing, but I didn't create this mess. */
-#define __print_symbol(fmt, addr)
 #endif /*CONFIG_KALLSYMS*/
 
-/* This macro allows us to keep printk typechecking */
-static __printf(1, 2)
-void __check_printsym_format(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void print_symbol(const char *fmt, unsigned long addr)
-{
-	__check_printsym_format(fmt, "");
-	__print_symbol(fmt, (unsigned long)
-		       __builtin_extract_return_addr((void *)addr));
-}
-
 static inline void print_ip_sym(unsigned long ip)
 {
 	printk("[<%p>] %pS\n", (void *) ip, (void *) ip);
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 531ffa984bc2..32ba256f0092 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -464,17 +464,6 @@ int sprint_backtrace(char *buffer, unsigned long address)
 	return __sprint_symbol(buffer, address, -1, 1);
 }
 
-/* Look up a kernel symbol and print it to the kernel messages. */
-void __print_symbol(const char *fmt, unsigned long address)
-{
-	char buffer[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
-
-	sprint_symbol(buffer, address);
-
-	printk(fmt, buffer);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__print_symbol);
-
 /* To avoid using get_symbol_offset for every symbol, we carry prefix along. */
 struct kallsym_iter {
 	loff_t pos;