diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 989365b878a67f5271176bd40f5a9cf97fd17224..7950904fbf04fdb00eda8344cd9d8ba373edc33e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1741,10 +1741,6 @@ static const struct fs_parameter_spec ext4_param_specs[] = {
 
 #define DEFAULT_JOURNAL_IOPRIO (IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_BE, 3))
 
-static const char deprecated_msg[] =
-	"Mount option \"%s\" will be removed by %s\n"
-	"Contact linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org if you think we should keep it.\n";
-
 #define MOPT_SET	0x0001
 #define MOPT_CLEAR	0x0002
 #define MOPT_NOSUPPORT	0x0004